acres we had disputes because more and more westerners were going through our treaty land to bozeman montana they called it the bozeman trail from the point of the bozeman trail is that the black hills know that the bosun trail goes to bozeman montana the rocky mountains in montana gold and there was gold discovered. that was eight hundred sixty eight and short a short time after that eight hundred seventy four. custer general custer led an expedition into the black hills on the black hills. the heart of our people where our tribes are to grace the nation said this is our origin story this is where we came from we came from the black hills we came from when came and we came with the buffalo at one time as far as i can see there were buffalo. and the buffalo was everything it was our our our our relatives. he provided our our housing for us with thirty p.c. provided food he provided tools he provided anything and everything we needed it was he was our economy the buffalo were part of who we are. so railroad systems came through our lands and for sport. people on the rail system would shoot bu

alex diekmann was a renowned conservationist who lived in bozeman, montana, not far from the beaver head national forest and the peak that will soon bear his name. as a senior project manager for the trust for public land, mr. diekmann dedicated his professional life to protecting the natural and scenic resources of the northern rockies. his conservation legacy is apparent throughout montana, wyoming, and idaho where he was directly involved in the conservation of more than 100,000 acres of public and private lands. at the age of 52, mr. diekmann lost a heroic battle with cans are on february 1, 2016. to honor his enduring legacy, this bill renames a peak in the lee metcalf wilderness in montana as the alex diekmann peak. this is a good bill and i urge my colleagues to support its adoption. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from montana. mr. gianforte: yeah. mr. speaker, i have no additional speakers, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves