The Black Hills “Big Horns”
There are many precious sites in the sacred “Big Horn” Mountains that all Nakota, DaNakota, Dakota, and Lakota of the Nakota Nation must behold.
The “Big Horns” are actually called the “Black Hills” by the Nakota Nation and the area is referenced in the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, the last Treaty unanimously agreed upon through female-inclusive "Oyate Omniciye" manner of governing by all camps of each band of the Nakota Nation..
The wise Nakota understood that they needed something on paper to guarantee their rights and the right of future generations (us) to forever hunt, gather, and live upon their homelands . The Black Hills “Big Horns” is a monument to this wisdom.
Within this beautiful area there is a most excellent camping and hiking site near the confluence of the famous east and west Tongue Rivers. The Tongue River is not far southeast from the Sacred Medicine Circle (“Medicine Wheel”) in the northern Black Hills “Big Horns.” The area around the Tongue Rivers features many moose, deer, and plenty of trout, with grassy green valleys and marvelous hiking trails through fantastic pine forests.
All 1851 TREATY HOMELANDS should be a planned visit by all Nakota.
The Big Horns of “Wyoming” are along the western border of Nakota Nation Territories, which are currently occupied by the states of “Montana, North and South Dakota, and Nebraska. Many are unaware of the legitimate, constitutionally protected Nakota land holdings of the 1851 Treaty, where great wealth has been - and continues to be - pillaged by u.s. government-authorized citizenry, companies, and government departments..
It is now known that over $9 trillion in gold alone was taken from the heart of Nakota homelands in the sacred He Sapa “Black Hills”, which still sits as stolen property in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and that billions in “Wyoming coal” are transported illegally across state lines to serve the power and energy wants of millions of Americans throughout the midwest.
During the late 1800’s, the Big Horn Mountains were a perfect refuge for Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull when the u.s. military scoured 1851 Treaty areas during their ‘undeclared war’ searching for the remaining freedom loving Lakota who refused to be controlled on reservation concentration camps.
When visiting the Big Horns and Tongue River, it is evident why the Lakota wanted to remain free.
The Paint Rock Lakes, at nine thousand feet above sea level in the west central region of the Big Horns, are an awesome, pristine, group of trout filled lakes each fed via Paint Rock Creek by snow runoff coming from the fourteen thousand foot mountaintops above.
The altitude of the lakes means no mosquitoes, flies, or rattlesnakes and camping is great, with summer temperatures between 45 and 75 degrees.
There are many great camping areas for the Nakota in the Big Horns. With plenty of fresh water, firewood, and lush green grass, Round Lake (on the way up to the Paint Rock area) is an ideal location to hold Nakota ceremonies, such as the Sun Dance.
It is good that the Nakota continue to access and utilize their most beautiful and sacred sites in order to keep them thankful for the Great Homelands they have always had.
Thanks to Scott Barta, 1851treaty.com.
The “Big Horns” are actually called the “Black Hills” by the Nakota Nation and the area is referenced in the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, the last Treaty unanimously agreed upon through female-inclusive "Oyate Omniciye" manner of governing by all camps of each band of the Nakota Nation..
The wise Nakota understood that they needed something on paper to guarantee their rights and the right of future generations (us) to forever hunt, gather, and live upon their homelands . The Black Hills “Big Horns” is a monument to this wisdom.
Within this beautiful area there is a most excellent camping and hiking site near the confluence of the famous east and west Tongue Rivers. The Tongue River is not far southeast from the Sacred Medicine Circle (“Medicine Wheel”) in the northern Black Hills “Big Horns.” The area around the Tongue Rivers features many moose, deer, and plenty of trout, with grassy green valleys and marvelous hiking trails through fantastic pine forests.
All 1851 TREATY HOMELANDS should be a planned visit by all Nakota.
The Big Horns of “Wyoming” are along the western border of Nakota Nation Territories, which are currently occupied by the states of “Montana, North and South Dakota, and Nebraska. Many are unaware of the legitimate, constitutionally protected Nakota land holdings of the 1851 Treaty, where great wealth has been - and continues to be - pillaged by u.s. government-authorized citizenry, companies, and government departments..
It is now known that over $9 trillion in gold alone was taken from the heart of Nakota homelands in the sacred He Sapa “Black Hills”, which still sits as stolen property in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and that billions in “Wyoming coal” are transported illegally across state lines to serve the power and energy wants of millions of Americans throughout the midwest.
During the late 1800’s, the Big Horn Mountains were a perfect refuge for Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull when the u.s. military scoured 1851 Treaty areas during their ‘undeclared war’ searching for the remaining freedom loving Lakota who refused to be controlled on reservation concentration camps.
When visiting the Big Horns and Tongue River, it is evident why the Lakota wanted to remain free.
The Paint Rock Lakes, at nine thousand feet above sea level in the west central region of the Big Horns, are an awesome, pristine, group of trout filled lakes each fed via Paint Rock Creek by snow runoff coming from the fourteen thousand foot mountaintops above.
The altitude of the lakes means no mosquitoes, flies, or rattlesnakes and camping is great, with summer temperatures between 45 and 75 degrees.
There are many great camping areas for the Nakota in the Big Horns. With plenty of fresh water, firewood, and lush green grass, Round Lake (on the way up to the Paint Rock area) is an ideal location to hold Nakota ceremonies, such as the Sun Dance.
It is good that the Nakota continue to access and utilize their most beautiful and sacred sites in order to keep them thankful for the Great Homelands they have always had.
Thanks to Scott Barta, 1851treaty.com.