Editing Hill City, South Dakota (section)

===Sue controversy===
[[File:MuseumHillCitySD.jpg|thumb|left|Black Hills Institute of Geological Research]]
On August 12, 1990, [[Sue Hendrickson]], a volunteer for the [[Black Hills Institute of Geological Research]] discovered the fossil of what would become the most complete skeleton of a ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' ever discovered. The fossil was named "[[Sue (dinosaur)|Sue]]" after the woman who discovered it. After discovery, excavation, and transport to the institute's facilities in Hill City, controversy arose as to who the rightful owners of the fossil were. The parties in dispute were the land owner, Maurice Williams; the tribe, and thus the federal government; and the Black Hills Institute. On May 12, 1992, FBI agents seized Sue from the institute over the course of three days. The fossil was shipped to [[South Dakota School of Mines and Technology]]. Through the ongoing court battle, it was finally decided that Maurice Williams was the owner of the fossil. The federal government later brought a 39-count, 153-charge indictment against the institute and several of its members, which was related to this case and other fossils. This case turned into the longest criminal trial in South Dakota state history. [[Peter Larson]], the president of the institute, was convicted on two counts of customs violations, for which he served two years in federal prison. Sue was finally auctioned off by [[Sotheby's]] auction house and sold by Maurice Williams to the [[Field Museum]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]] for $8.36 million.<ref>{{cite web | last =Larson | first =Neal | title =The Story of a Dinosaur Named SUE | publisher =Black Hills Institute of Geological Research | date =May 18, 2000 | url =http://www.bhigr.com/pages/info/info_sue_6.htm | access-date =2007-12-14 }}</ref>