About Thunderbutte.com
Thunder Butte, in South Dakota, has featured prominently in my family's history since 1913. Also known as "Wakinyan Paha" to the Lakota, its religious and cultural significance to the Lakota goes back much further in time, still. Rising from the dry, rolling prairie grasslands in Ziebach County, in northwestern South Dakota, the butte is located on the
Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. From the top of the butte, you can see for miles in every direction. There are not many people here, although the land is alive with the memory of those who walked here before us. Taking in the quiet of the plains as they reach to the horizon, you can well imagine the way the world was before we were here, and what it may look like long after we have moved on.
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Mike Crowley
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May 17, 2007
If You've Been Wondering....
If you've been wondering why I haven't had any new posts here since March, I've just been very busy. Lots of both work and travel. We'll begin reposting here in June.
Coming up in June are stories from my trip to Thunder Butte in late March. To be honest, it was only the second time in my life that I've personally seen the Butte, and the first time that I climbed it. It was quite an experience. More about that in June....
--Mike Crowley
Mike Crowley Thursday, May 17, 2007
