He Sapa
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He Sapa is the Lakota name for the Black Hills, a region in present-day South Dakota and Wyoming that holds profound spiritual and cultural significance for the Lakota and other Indigenous peoples.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountainous region
ⓘ
sacred site ⓘ traditional territory ⓘ |
| associatedWithTreaty | Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Lakota cosmology
ⓘ
Lakota origin stories ⓘ |
| consideredAs |
ancestral homeland of the Lakota
ⓘ
sacred to the Lakota ⓘ |
| contains |
Bear Butte
NERFINISHED
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Harney Peak (Black Elk Peak) NERFINISHED ⓘ Inyan Kara Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Rushmore area NERFINISHED ⓘ Paha Sapa (central Black Hills area) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Ȟe Sapa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
center of Lakota spiritual life
ⓘ
site of ceremonies and vision quests ⓘ |
| hasDisputeType | land compensation versus land return debate ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Black Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
forested hills and mountains
ⓘ
granite peaks ⓘ sacred springs and caves ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | area of ongoing Indigenous land claims ⓘ |
| hasMeaningInLakota | Black Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInLakota | He Sapa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResourceHistory | gold discovery in the 1870s ⓘ |
| hasSignificanceFor |
Arikara people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheyenne people NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakota people NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidatsa people NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakota people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandan people NERFINISHED ⓘ Nakota people NERFINISHED ⓘ other Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains ⓘ |
| isWithin |
present-day Black Hills National Forest (partially)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day Custer State Park (partially) ⓘ present-day Wind Cave National Park (partially) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Dakota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf | Great Plains region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | many Indigenous nations as sacred land ⓘ |
| referencedIn |
Indigenous rights literature
ⓘ
Lakota oral tradition ⓘ |
| sacredTo |
Lakota spiritual leaders
ⓘ
many Plains tribes ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United States Supreme Court case United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians (1980) (as Black Hills)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
land rights disputes between Lakota and United States government ⓘ |
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