Jordan Bauer
Black Elk Speaks Report
History of the Black Hills
Dr. David Wolff
September 30, 2005
There are many reasons that I believe the Black Hills were significant to the Lakota. It was there home, it was their primary source of food, they worshipped the animals that lived here, the hills had sacred areas that the Lakota worshipped, it's where their ancestors lived, and just the absolute beauty that the hills gave to them. However, in this paper I am only going to discuss the significance of the hills being the Lakota's home, and the importance of the food and animals.
The Lakota looked at the Black Hills as there home. They were extremely fond of this area because of the amount of food they had access to and the partly because of the beauty of the land.
After Crazy Horse got sick he was told that if he went to the white man's camp he would be ok. However, this was a lie because he taken to camp and put in prison. After this happened the Lakota decided that......
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