Black Hills
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science, Geography
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: South Dakota
Article abstract: The Black Hills have had both economic and spiritual significance to the Sioux; the U.S. Congress took the Black Hills with no compensation in 1877, violating an earlier treaty
The Black Hills are located in southwestern South Dakota along the Wyoming and Nebraska borders. Formed in the Pleistocene era, they form a remote ridge of limestone and granite 110 miles long, 40 miles wide, and 4,000 feet high. They provided a panoramic view of the vast prairie of buffalo grass below. The hills themselves were heavily wooded with dark pine and contained...
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