Bear Butte in South Dakota is a sacred site which is used as a vision quest site for the Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne. The Sioux describe Bear Butte as their most sacred altar. The Seven Sacred Rites of the Sioux were learned at the top of this mesa.
"Mommy, I wanna see some real Indians praying! Can we take a helicopter ride, pleeeeaasse?" Johnny's mother, pleased, replied "Yes sweetie, why Blackwater, the greatest homegrown American terrorist organization -
The frightening -- and possibly illegal -- presence of heavily armed private forces in New Orleans only demonstrates what everyone already feared: the utter breakdown of the government.
"We continue to believe that someone important someplace cares and will do something before our situation becomes impossible." Fools Crow from "Fools Crow," by Thomas E. Mails. p. 217
Many years ago, the federal courts ruled that the Black Hills of western South Dakota had been taken illegally from the American Indian tribes -
As governor, would you consider transferring Bear Butte State Park land and management to a consortium of American Indian Tribes as a gesture of reconciliation from the state?
Mike Rounds, Republican candidate in 2006:
"I do not believe that Bear Butte State Park, and it is a state park, should be transferred to a Native American tribe.
I'm not sure which Native American tribe you might suggest (that) you hold that they are all sovereign.
SD Governors Discuss Bear Butte
Why is the Bear Butte issue more critical than ever?
The Bear Butte Prayer Gathering will be held from August 1st - 12th on 120 acres of Federal Trust Land managed by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. The land is located on the southwest side of the mountain, just north of the Bear Butte State Park entrance.
After several meetings between a group of organizers from across South Dakota and the Northern Cheyenne tribe, a concerted effort is in progress to make this prayer camp a reality for all tribes who have paid homage to this mountain for centuries past and for those whose spirituality has brought them to this sacred site only recently.
Special focus of prayer activities are for servicemen men and women, and nations impacted by armed conflict and hunger, as well as for the protection of the mountain and effects of global warming.
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