Four part series which examines the battle for control of the Black Hills of South Dakota. It traces the history of loss and devastation, treaty and legislative doublespeak, and points to prospects of the future.|THE SPIRITUAL CONNECTION / produced by Milt Lee and KILI Radio on the Pine Ridge Reservation. - SERIES: The Black Hills : a Lakota vision| no. 2 - Four part series which examines the battle for control of the Black Hills of South Dakota. It traces the history of loss and devastation, treaty and legislative doublespeak, and points to prospects of the future. CONTENT: This program examines the sacred character of the Black Hills. It starts with the oral narratives of creation which underly the significance of the Black Hills to the Lakota. The program then goes on to assess attempts by the United States government to assimilate the Lakota following the region's seizure in 1877. Boarding schools and reservations were used to transform the Lakota into farmers, and the renewal ceremonies were outlawed when the people needed them the most for maintaining self identity. Many of the old ways were driven underground or abandoned entirely. - RECORDED: 1992.
This program examines the sacred character of the Black Hills. It starts with the oral narratives of creation which underly the significance of the Black Hills to the Lakota. The program then goes on to assess attempts by the United States government to assimilate the Lakota following the region's seizure in 1877. Boarding schools and reservations were used to transform the Lakota into farmers, and the renewal ceremonies were outlawed when the people needed them the most for maintaining self identity. Many of the old ways were driven underground or abandoned entirely.
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