HE SAPA, THE "BLACK HILLS"
"The Black Hills stretch across western South Dakota, northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana and constitute a sacred landscape for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Omaha. To the Lakota, they are Paha Sapa, 'the heart of everything that is.' "
"The Black Hills are one of the most unique areas in the world. Many species that live there exist nowhere else. Many Native American nations for thousands of years came to this place for ceremonial, health, and other purposes."
Charmaine Whiteface, Defenders of the Black Hills
"As storm clouds pass we walk the sylvan path with the people of the forest through the Black Mountains, the Heart of all that is. "
The Black Hills are listed at Number 6 of the Most Endangered Sacred Sites in the World!. LEARN MORE
RESTORE THE SACRED BLACK HILLS AND REMOVE "MOUNT RUSHMORE"!
RETURN STOLEN GOLD
Currently, a petition is being circulated demanding the return of gold to the 1851 Signatory Indigenous Nations for proper reburial in the Sacred Black Hills.
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The Lakota have joined with the Shoshone Indigenous nations in saying, "Punitive damage payments now - our gold is not for sale!" Contact the legislators in your area and tell them to denounce, reject, and repeal the illegal 1946 "Indian Claims Commission Act", the so-called "Black Hills Sioux Claim", the current congress bill HR884/S618 against the Shoshone, and all other violations of the U.S. Constitution and supreme law Treaties.
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The US Forest Service is planning on cutting down large, old growth pine trees along the Norbeck Scenic Highway in the Black Hills.
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"As long as I can remember, my grandmother would say, "The Black Hills are sacred. You never sell the Earth."
Charmaine Whiteface
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Pe Sla, in the Black Hills.
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With Thanks to Charmaine Whiteface and Defenders of the Black Hills and Scott Barta of 1851treaty.com.