Noun
mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore
Source: WordNetThe ultimate result will be to annihilate Indians the & open up the Big Horn & Black Hills to development & settlement & in this way greatly benefit us. Jay Gould
About 1730, they introduced the horse to Lakota bands (Ho'óhomo'eo'o - “the invited ones (to Cheyenne lands i.e. the Black Hills)”). Source: Internet
After about 1860, the Lakota Sioux claimed all the former Crow lands from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the Big Horn Mountains of Montana. Source: Internet
Bismarck became a freight-shipping center on the "Custer Route" from the Black Hills. Source: Internet
Black Hills Corporation divides into four business segments: electric utilities, gas utilities, power generation, and mining. Source: Internet
Despite their unwillingness to take up the war path the Arapaho were unwilling to cede their territory, particularly the Black Hills area which they have a strong spiritual attachment to similar to the Lakota. Source: Internet