I USED TO HIKE UP TO BEAR BUTTE IN SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER MY WORK AFTER MY WORK IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL LAB. THIS BUTTE IS A 4400' TALL BUTTE MAHO PAHA THAT IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. IT IS SACRED GROUND FOR 17 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES SURROUNDING IT.
IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SPOT WHERE THE CREATOR COMMUNICATED WITH HIS PEOPLE THROUGH VISION AND PRAYER.. THE MOUNTAIN LOOK LIKE A BEAR SLEEPING ON IT'S SIDE. WHEN I WAS THERE THEY HAD SEVERAL BUFFALO INSIDE A FENCED YARD. ON TOP OF THE BUTTE WAS A OBLONG CIRCLE WITH ROCKS CALLED A VISION QUEST. HERE YOU CAN SEE FOUR STATES - SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, AND UTAH. THE DAKOTA, LAKOTA, AND CHEYENNE PERFORM CEREMONIES. THEY PUT SMALL CLOTHS STRIPS AND ROCKS IN THE TREES ON THE WAY UP AS OFFERINGS. THERE WERE SOME PREHISTORIC FLAKE REMNANTS ON THE TRAIL.
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