The Black Hills – South Dakota (1910)

Rising incongruously over the Great Plains, the Black Hills are the remains of prehistoric volcanic activity. Occupied by a succession of indigenous peoples over centuries, the Black Hills were granted to the Lakota peoples (after they had defeated the Cheyenne people in inter-tribal war of 1776) through the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. This Treaty, … Continue reading The Black Hills – South Dakota (1910)