This week’s CAIRNS Etanhan Wotanin column examines Article 16 of the Fort Laramie Treaty that includes a stipulation that the U.S. abandon the three forts between Fort Laramie and Montana Territory along the Bozeman Trail. The column, “Defortification,” can be read now by clicking here, or later this week in the Lakota Times newspaper. The image above shows the area of the unceded territory and the three forts described in Article 16 of the Fort Laramie Treaty.