The ancient cottonwood, now known by the Lakota Sioux as the Witness Tree ... of the Northern Plains that the military ...

Mandy Van Heuvelen (Mnicoujou Lakota and member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) is the Cultural Interpreter coordinator for the National Museum of the American Indian. Duane Hollow Horn Bear ...

which were considered sacred grounds for the Sioux (also known as the Lakota) and Cheyenne Indians. There the Native Americans would live on the newly-created Great Sioux Reservation. But not all ...

The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived. For some, the four presidents carved in the hill are not without negative symbolism.