Plains Tribes Had Roots in Agriculture, And Some Were Willing to Farm Again

Congress’ failure to ratify an 1859 treaty was a missed opportunity. Fort Laramie Indian Agent Thomas Twiss had called together the Sioux, Northern Cheyennes and Arapahos in September 1859. The meeting followed the “Cow War, which centered on the Grattan Massacre near the fort (in present-day Wyoming) and the retaliatory massacre of Lakota men, women …

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