Inyan Kara Mountain


Inyan Kara Mountain
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

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Nearest city	Sundance, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°12′45″N 104°20′40″W / 44.21250°N 104.34444°W / 44.21250; -104.34444Coordinates: 44°12′45″N 104°20′40″W / 44.21250°N 104.34444°W / 44.21250; -104.34444
Area	480 acres (190 ha)
NRHP Reference #	73001929^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 24, 1973

Inyan Kara Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	6,368 feet (1,941 m)
Geography
Location	Wyoming, US
Parent range	Bear Lodge Mountains, part of the Black Hills
Topo map	USGS Black Hills

Inyan Kara Mountain (Lakota: 'Íŋyaŋ Káǧa', English: Rock Gatherer^[2] ) is a mountain associated with the Bear Lodge Mountains of Crook County, Wyoming (part of the Black Hills) that is considered sacred by the Lakota people, particularly for mothers in childbirth. Inyan Kara stands apart from the main body of the Black Hills, with an elevation of 6,368 feet (1,941 m). The mountain was stated to rumble on quiet days by the local Native Americans and by early explorers. No mention of the noises are found after 1833; the noise has been attributed to gas escaping from burning coal seams.^[3]

The peak was visited by George Armstrong Custer during Custer's 1874 Black Hills Expedition, reaching the summit on July 23.^[3]

The peak was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

Photo Gallery

Inyan Kara, altitude 6,000 feet., a stereoscopic photograph from 1874 by William H. Illingworth
The Black Hills from the summit of Inyan Kara
The prairie surrounding the Black Hills from the summit of Inyan Kara

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "American Indian Sacred Sites". Black Hills National Forest. U.S Forest Service. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
1 2 Junge, Mark (1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Inyan Kara Mountain" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 18 August 2010.

External links

Inyan Kara Mountain at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
Inyan Kara Mountain at Black Hills National Forest
Penry, Jerry. "Sacred Mountain—Climbing Inyan Kara" American Surveyor, The. Vol. 10, Issue 10, 27 September 2013

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Native Americans in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming

Historic and present tribes	Cheyenne Lakota Arapaho Arikara Crow Kiowa

Historic figures	Sitting Bull Crazy Horse Lone Horn Red Cloud Spotted Tail

Historic native spiritual places	Inyan Kara Mountain Bear Butte

Traditional narratives	Devils Tower Great Race

Historic events	History of the Black Hills Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Black Hills War (Great Sioux War of 1876)

Historic reservations	Great Sioux Reservation

Modern events and places	Black Hills Land Claim The Journey Museum and Gardens United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians

Modern people	Black Elk JoAnn Tall Charmaine White Face

For more information, see History of Native Americans in the United States. Nearby modern reservations are Pine Ridge and Rosebud.

National Register of Historic Places in Crook County, Wyoming

Historic districts	Inyan Kara Mountain Old Headquarters Area Historic District Ranch A

Historic properties	Arch Creek Petroglyphs (48CK41) DXN Bridge over Missouri River Entrance Road—Devils Tower National Monument Entrance Station—Devils Tower National Monument McKean Archeological Site (48CK7) Sundance School Sundance State Bank Building Tower Ladder—Devils Tower National Monument Vore Buffalo Jump Wyoming Mercantile

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Crook County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

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