Lewis and Clark Expedition
2004 marked the two hundredth anniversary of one of the more influential explorations in the history of the...
Native History
Fort Laramie and the Black Hills
The confluence of the Laramie and North Platte Rivers (in current-day southeastern Wyoming) was pivotal in the history...
Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy
In spite of a name that seems more whimsical than serious, the life and accomplishments of Valentine Trant...
Battle of The Little Big Horn
The following is a brief summary of the complex events leading up to the battle of The Little...
At the Highest Point
Black Elk Peak, formerly Harney Peak, is the highest summit between the Pyrenees Mountains in France and the...
Wounded Knee Massacre
On the frigid morning of December 29, 1890, the Miniconjou Chief Spotted Elk and some 350 of his...
HBO Film About Wounded Knee
HBO Productions has once again visited the tumultuous history of the Black Hills in the late 1800s with the...
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...