Outpost of the Sioux WarsIn 1874, Fort Robinson was founded amid the piney ridges of northwest Nebraska to stem the attacks of the Sioux, angered by settlers encroaching on the High Plains and by gold prospectors invading their sacred Black Hills. Fort Robinsons residentsincluding black troops, members of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regimentswere divided by rank and sometimes by race. Schubert makes clear the vital importance of Fort Robinson during the Sioux wars, including