Delegation in Washington, D.C • Earth.com

This impressive group of Sioux and Arapaho chiefs includes Spotted Tail, Worshinun, Black Coal, and Touch the Sky. The two white men? They acted as interpreters. The 1877 delegation to Washington, D.C., came the year after the Battle of Little Big Horn. The group was asking the U.S. government to deal fairly with them as they were forced into reserves. Photo Credit: Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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