The Homestead Act
One of the more vital pieces of government policy in terms of its overall effect on the settlement...
Culture
Korcazk Ziolkowski (1908 – 1982)
It is amazing how some lives are bound together, even if those involved never met. That is exactly...
Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1890 – Present
Often people in the dominant culture do not understand why many Sioux remain on the reservations and surrounding...
Native American Culture and the Black Hills 1880 – 1890
Red Cloud continued his struggle with government agents in the early 1880s to preserve the traditional authority of...
Black Elk: Holy Man of the Oglala
Black Elk was born into the Oglala Sioux tribe near the Little Powder River in Wyoming in 1863....
Norbeck Scenic Byway Gains Recognition
The Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) recently named the Peter Norbeck National Scenic Byway in South Dakota’s Black...
Annual Oglala Nation Powwow & Rodeo
Lakota dancers spin, swirl, and tap their way through the powwow–or wacipi in Lakota–to win prizes, honor their...
Preacher Smith of Deadwood : Henry Weston Smith
Historical Black Hills characters, both factual and fictional, have taken center stage in the successful HBO series “Deadwood.”...
Black Hills Wildlife: Pronghorn
Pronghorns are known by hunters as an incredibly difficult animal to catch, due to their incredible eyesight, stamina,...
Movies Under the Stars
From June 5 through August 21, every Monday night at 8 p.m., Main Street Square in downtown Rapid...