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The Dispute Over Sue
Soon after Sue was discovered, her bones became the center of a dispute. Who owned the fossil? It took five years to sort things out.
To dig up dinosaurs, you always need the landowner’s permission. But in Sue’s case it was unclear whose land it was because. . .
The bones were found on land that was part of a Sioux Indian reservation, BUT. . .
The land belonged to a private rancher, BUT. . .
The rancher was part Sioux, and his land was held in trust by the U.S. Government. While people argued about who owned Sue, the bones were safely locked away in storerooms at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
In the end, a judge decided that Sue was held in trust by the U.S. Government for the rancher on whose property the skeleton had been found. The rancher, in turn, decided to sell Sue at public auction.
How did Sue end up at The Field Museum in Chicago? Continue >>
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