Sioux war chief named, first in 100 years

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Pine Ridge, S.D.

The great Sioux nation has named its first war chief in more than a century and charged him with leading the battle to recover the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota.

Philip Stevens, 59, is the great-grandson of Chief Standing Bear as well as the head of an engineering firm. He will now fight the American government, which the Sioux say, illegally confiscated the Black Hills 100 years ago.