Bear Butte

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Coordinates: 44 ° 28 ′ 33 "  N , 103 ° 25 ′ 37"  W.

Relief Map: South Dakota
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Bear Butte
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Mathó Pahá in South Dakota
Mathó Pahá view of the plain

Bear Butte Lakota Mathó Pahá is a mountain in South Dakota , north of the Black Hills, sacred to the Cheyenne and Sioux Indians . Located northeast of Sturgis in Meade County , it has been a state park since 1961 . Indigenous people still make pilgrimages from the surrounding reserves todayup the mountain to deposit victims on its flanks and its summit. Various religious ceremonies take place on the mountain all year round. This leads to tensions with white business people from Sturgis who would like to open the mountain to tourism. Even the US Supreme Court had to deal with the issue in the Fools Crow v. Gullett. Well-known Sioux chiefs such as Red Cloud , Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull visited the sacred mountain regularly. Important meetings of the tribes and their chiefs also took place on the mountain. Originally, in the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868 , the mountain was awarded to the Sioux Indians for all eternity. After the discovery of gold, the area becameAnnexed by the United States in breach of treaty in 1877 . To this day, the Oglala -Sioux are demanding its return. For several years now, herds of bison have been grazing again at the foot of the mountain.

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