Nonnative americans. Stretching about 110 miles long and 70 miles wide, the black hills of south dakota rise up from the plains, just to the west of rapid city. The black hills are very important to the native American Community members. They are referred to as the heart. And thein pine trees elevations that we have that surround that area thinking of where rapid city is at, we are positioned at the gateway to the black hills, where it is kind of how we have always build ourselves, billed back to the earliest founders of rapid city. I am doniphan donovan sprague, i come from the lakota ise family and my tribal affiliation, from ,cion river sioux reservation , a veryacred bear butte spiritual place where not only lakota, but people of Many American Indian Tribes and nationalities visited. Aroundhe time period of 1800, we will say up to the wins as a time period, our henota and cheyenne are w lakota and cheyenne dominated this area. They moved with the buffalo and game, which supplied th
On memberships and donations to bring you programs. Also, consider being a member. Structure you are 1844ng in was built around. That is when the fry house was built. Farmers lived and worked here prior to the battle of antietam. Union army took over their property. The structure was a Field Hospital where hundreds of Wounded Soldiers were treated by surgeons in the days and weeks following the battle. Us, Daniel Vermilya to discuss his new book. I will have to read from this because i could not memorize all this. Dan is a civil war historian and the author of several books including the battle of james a. Mountainand garfield and the civil war. He previously worked as a park field,at the antietam and he currently works at the historicr National Site in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Before i handed over to dan, cspan is here today. We will have a question and and their answer section. Please wait for a member of cspan to ask the question. We will also have a book signing. A copy of dans bo
Announcer next, an American History tv exclusive. Ou cities tourr to rapid city, south dakota. For eight years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits tour. Span. Org cities the cspan cities tour is on the road, exploring the american story. With support from our cable partners, this weekend we travel to rapid city, south dakota, featuring lifesize statues of each of our nations mr. President s. We experience this history of this city of 5000. We will take you into the Black Hills National Forest with a trip to Mount Rushmore national memorial, the states most visited tourist site. In 20 minutes, it is onto one of the most Sacred Places in the world for many native americans. And later, we will visit the Journey Museum to hear about the devastating flood that changed the look of rapid city. We begin with the history of Mount Rushmore. The heart of south dakotas black hills. There it is, the 6
1760, was purchased by Reynolds American in 2015. Portions of the original audio track in this film are damaged, so there are occasional gaps in the sound. Narrator from minnesota to the mountains of the west, this is the eagle culture for our young and growing nation. Here, immediately following the war between the states, the sioux nation was in full power. Its villages were strong like gleaming beads across the central plains, communities of a migratory people who followed the buffalo, their Single Source of life. Whole families moved with incredible ease to news village to new villages and new hunting grounds, using the horse and that travel ways and the travel the horse and the travois. They were received as brothers among brothers and children of the chief. The warrior hunted to feed his family, and fought to defend them. The man selected the site of his tipi, accomplished the ritual that blasted in the eyes of the great spirit, and left the remaining details to the women. Meanwh
Important. [applause] all right. This ride is one that many of our guests can see the bottom of the mountain to get the idea of how big the mountain is. Announcer the carving was started in the late 1940s. Today, the work is carried on by daughters. We have been able to get the itll pieces at a time. Mounting the mountain carving has been going on since june 3, 1948. Based that off of a description of those survivors. We are right in the middle of the black hills, which is all of the black hills considered sacred people. The people. This is where they came to hunt for food. This is a place where they came to pray. Very private things have been happen here for them. They still do, just in different ways, more modern ways, but when dad got that letter in 1939 inviting him to start the mountain carving, dad decided to come out and go to pine ridge reservation. When he did, he realized he didnt know much about the native culture, so he was very inquisitive and looked at things differently,