Long before recorded time, the area now occupied by such landmarks as Bear Butte, the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota was covered again and again by vast ancient seas.

STURGIS | A consortium of three Native American tribes outbid 21 other registered bidders, agreeing to purchase 270 acres of property near the Bear Butte ... Tribe of South Dakota, according ...

The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced in an April 11 statement that it purchased the tract of land adjacent to Bear Butte State Park in western South Dakota. “One of the most sacred places ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — An old rule is being quietly restored that prohibits leaving human remains of any kind at Bear Butte State Park. South Dakota Parks Division director Jeff Van Meeteren ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The state just reinstated a ban on the scattering of human remains on Bear Butte State Park ... according a South Dakota Codified Law 34-25-24. Ashes can still ...

PIERRE, S.D. — For centuries, members of the Lakota, Cheyenne and other American Indian tribes have been climbing South Dakota’s Bear Butte to fast and hold religious ceremonies. Colorful ...