Black Hills
Dakota mountain region
The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming.
Sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the hills became contentious after gold was discovered there in 1874.
Mount Rushmore, carved into the granite, depicts four U.S. presidents.
The name comes from the dark appearance of pine-covered slopes seen from a distance.
Worthy of reverence
- SiouxPlains Indigenous nation
- LakotaWestern Sioux people
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
vision quest · spirituality · ancestral · sovereignty · reservation · Pine Ridge · oral tradition · buffalo
Mass migration seeking ore
- DeadwoodOld mining boomtown
- Little Bighorn1876 Montana battle site
- Wounded Knee1890 massacre location
- Calamity JaneLegendary Western frontierswoman
Wild Bill Hickok · frontier · prospectors · settlers · pioneers · cavalry · boomtown · stagecoach
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- schistPlaty-mineral metamorphic rock
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
fossils · minerals · erosion · strata · igneous · metamorphic · sedimentary · mining
Carved presidential memorial
sacred
Worthy of reverence
ceremony · vision quest · spirituality · ancestral · sovereignty · reservation · Pine Ridge · oral tradition · buffalo · Crazy Horse
gold rush
Mass migration seeking ore
- DeadwoodOld mining boomtown
- Little Bighorn1876 Montana battle site
- Wounded Knee1890 massacre location
Wild Bill Hickok · Calamity Jane · frontier · prospectors · settlers · pioneers · cavalry · boomtown · stagecoach · outlaws
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
silver · fossils · minerals · erosion · strata · igneous · metamorphic · sedimentary · mining · prospecting
Mount Rushmore
Carved presidential memorial
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
meadows · streams · wildlife · bison · elk · prairie · wilderness · trails · scenic · rugged
- mountain rangesAlps, Andes, Himalayas, Rockies, Pyrenees
- Sioux HistorySioux, Sioux Nation, Lakota, Oglala, Sitting Bull
- American LandformsGrand Canyon, Rocky Mountains, Rockies, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Deep South, Pacific Northwest
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- MidwestIndiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota
Black HillsGreat Plains
Central North American grassland
Badlands · Prairie · Rocky Mountains · Appalachian Mountains · Death Valley
Black HillsStanding Rock
Sioux reservation spanning Dakotas
black, hill, hills, blacken, blackout, blackness, blackboard, blackish, blackened