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.
A corte determinou que, quando os Sioux foram enviados para as reservas e os nove milhões e trezentos mil hectares de suas terras foram liberados para interessados na compra e rancheiros, os termos do segundo tratado de Fort Laramie havia sido violado.