Sacred lands of the Lakota and other Plains nations, among them He Sapa (the Black Hills), Mato Paha (Bear Butte) and Mato Tipila (Devils Tower). They remain places of prayer and ceremony for those peoples.
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Overview
What Defines This GroupingNamed landscape features of the northern Plains - buttes, hills and the Black Hills as a whole - used for prayer and for fasting. They are places rather than structures, and nearly all of them stand on land taken from the nations that use them and now held by federal or state agencies. 2 Peoples and Traditions CoveredNorthern Plains sacred places are typically held in common. The same butte is sacred, under different names, to several nations at once, so grouping a site under one people's name records one custodian among several rather than an exclusive claim. 3 Contested Use
Contested or Appropriated Modern UseSourced to the subject's own accountThe Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality, adopted at Lakota Summit V in June 1993, objects by name to the conduct and sale of Lakota ceremony by people without standing. It is a standing objection and it covers what is done at these places. 4 Learn More
Lakota sacred sites
This group holds sacred sites of the Lakota people of the North American plains, places bound to their spiritual life and ceremony, including the sacred hills and landscapes central to their tradition and history. These are sites of a living culture.
The browser will find the places the atlas gathers. The entries describe each with respect for Lakota tradition, noting the continuing religious and cultural importance of these sites.
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Sites grouped for the Lakota tradition.
Source God Is Red: A Native View of Religion, 30th anniversary editionVine Deloria Jr.
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371
Supreme Court of the United States, 1980on the 1868 treaty and the 1877 takingView the Source 3. Devils Tower National Monument: climbing and the June voluntary closure
National Park Service, United States Department of the Interioron the tribes associated with the towerView the Source 4. Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality
Lakota Summit V, 1993the declarationthe holders' own account
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
God Is Red: A Native View of Religion, 30th anniversary edition
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