The Cost of Free Land

By the time the Sinykins moved to South Dakota, America had broken hundreds of treaties with hundreds of Indigenous nations across the continent, and the land that had once been reserved for the seven bands of the Lakota had been diminished, splintered, and handed for free, or practically free, to white settlers.

Pana cand Sinykinii s-au mutat in Dakota de Sud, America incalcase sute de tratate cu sute de natiuni indigene de pe intreg continentul, iar pamantul care fusese odinioara rezervat celor sapte bande Lakota fusese diminuat, fragmentat si dat gratuit, sau practic gratuit, colonistilor albi.