The court determined that when the Sioux were resettled onto reservations and seven million acres of their land were opened up to prospectors and homesteaders, the terms of the second Fort Laramie Treaty had been violated.
O tribunal determinou que, quando os Sioux foram instalados nas reservas e quase três milhões de hectares das suas terras ficaram à disposição de prospetores e colonos tinham sido violados os termos do Segundo Tratado Fort Laramie.