Transcripts For CSPAN3 Bear Butte Native American Sacred Mountain 20240713

Announcer we continue our look at rapid city with a visit to bear butte, a place considered sacred by numerous native americans in the region. [flute music] i am donovan sprague. My lakota name comes from the crazy horse family of the lakota, for my tribal affiliation from Cheyenne River sioux reservation, which is about 100 miles east of where i stand right now at the sacred bear butte. A very spiritual place where not only lakota, but people of Many American Indian Tribes and nationalities visit. People come here and they will give tobacco offerings and prayers, and so they will leave those very often with tobacco and cloth for maybe a loved one or something they are praying for, but it does show all of the prayers that are left here and that are well received in this very area that we are at, i have actually given some lakota names to some people here. Some of these places, when i just look over, i can kind of almost imagine us, you know, having our little ceremony and getting together, and on a great occasion, someone getting a name that they are proud to carry with them. Then it always almost develops a connection with them, you know . They start coming here more often, and then that place is special to them. You are connected to the universe, you are connected with the four directions and the creator. Our cities tour stuff recently traveled to rapid city, south dakota to learn about its rich history. To watch more video from rapid city and other stops on the tour, visit cspan. Org citiestour. Youre watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. This year more than 500,000 students competed in National History day at the local level. Just 3,000 students advance to the finals at university of maryland in june. The 2019 theme was triumph tragedy. The categories included exhibits, web sites, documentary, paper, and performance. Up next, a 10minute performance by three middle School Students from mills river, north carolina. Hello. We would like to present our junior group performance. Dimes over disease. How the tragedy of polio and the triumph of publ