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He Sapa: The Lakota and the Black Hills Before Rapid City
Long before Rapid City was founded, the Black Hills (He Sapa, or Pahá Sápa) were and remain sacred to the Lakota people. The deeper history of the land that became Rapid City, South Dakota.
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The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 and the Great Sioux Reservation
The 1868 treaty recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation set aside for the Lakota, a promise central to Rapid City's history.
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The Act of 1877: How the United States Took the Black Hills
The 1877 act of Congress that seized the Black Hills from the Lakota, the broken 1868 treaty behind it, and what it meant for Rapid City.
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United States v. Sioux Nation and the Black Hills Claim
The 1980 Supreme Court ruling on the taking of the Black Hills near Rapid City, and the compensation the Lakota have refused to accept.
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The Great Sioux War of 1876
The 1876 campaigns and battles, including the Little Bighorn, that followed the invasion of the Black Hills near Rapid City.
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Henry Standing Bear's Vision for the Crazy Horse Memorial
How the Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear invited a sculptor to carve the Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills near Rapid City.
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Crazy Horse: The Oglala War Leader
The life of Crazy Horse, the Oglala Lakota war leader whose name the great Black Hills memorial near Rapid City bears.
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Red Cloud and the War for the Bozeman Trail
How the Oglala leader Red Cloud forced the United States to the 1868 treaty table, shaping the history of the Black Hills near Rapid City.
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The Ghost Dance and the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890
The Ghost Dance movement and the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre that ended armed resistance on the plains, in the region south of Rapid City.
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The Rapid City Indian Boarding School
The federal Indian boarding school that operated in Rapid City for decades, and the lasting legacy it left for Native families in the Black Hills.
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Sioux San: From Indian School to Hospital
The grounds of a former federal Indian boarding school in Rapid City, South Dakota, became Sioux San, a long-running health campus serving Native people.
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The Black Hills Powwow (He Sapa Wacipi)
Each fall the Black Hills Powwow fills a Rapid City, South Dakota, arena with dancers, drum groups, and families in one of the region's largest Native gatherings.
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From Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak
The highest point in the Black Hills of South Dakota was renamed Black Elk Peak in 2016, honoring the Oglala holy man over a controversial general.
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Bear Butte: Mato Paho, a Sacred Mountain
Bear Butte, called Mato Paho by the Lakota, rises near Sturgis north of Rapid City and remains a sacred site for many Plains tribes to this day.