. ♪ >> i am done within sprague.ibal affiliation from cheyenne river sewer reservation, which is about 100 miles east of where i stand right now. that is the sacred bear butte, a very spiritual place where not only lakota, but people of many american indian tribes and nationality -- nationalities visit. people will come here and get a -- give tobacco offerings and prayers. they will leave with tobacco and cloth for maybe a loved one or someone they are praying for, but it shows all the prayers that are left here and are well received. it is a very significant spiritual -- you know, about the time period of 1800, we will say up to the 1870's is the time period when lakota and cheyenne dominated this whole area. >> so when looking at the custer expedition of 1874, the big take away is that as the game changer. walking you up to the custer expedition, that was a game changer in terms of what happened in these spaces here. taking you back a few years to the fort laramie treaty that was signed in 1868, all of what we know

. ♪ ♪ [flute music] >> i am donovan sprague. from the name comes crazy horse family of the

. ♪ >> i am donovan sprague.ibal affiliation from cheyenne river sioux reservation , which is about 100 miles east of where i stand right now at the sacred bear butte, a very spiritual place where not only lakota, but people of many american indian tribes and nationalities visits. people come here and they will give tobacco offerings and prayers, and so they will leave those very often with tobacco onecloth for maybe a loved or something they are praying for, but it does show all of the prayers that are left here and in this well received very area that we are at, i have actually given some lakota names to some people here. some of these places, when i just look over, i can kind of almost imagine us, you know, having our little ceremony and getting together, and on a great occasion, someone getting a name that they are proud to carry with them. and it almost develops a connection with them, you know? they start coming here more often, and then that place is special to them. you are connected to the universe, the

. ♪ ♪ [flute music] >> i am donovan sprague.m the name comes crazy horse family of the lakota, for my tribal affiliation from cheyenne river sioux reservation, which is about 100 miles east of where i stand right now at the sacred bear butte. a very spiritual place where not only lakota, but people of many american indian tribes and nationalities visit. people come here and they will give tobacco offerings and prayers, and so they will leave those very often with tobacco and cloth for maybe a loved one or something they are praying for, but it does show all of the prayers that are left here and that are well received in this very area that we are at, i have actually given some lakota names to some people here. some of these places, when i just look over, i can kind of almost imagine us, you know, having our little ceremony and getting together, and on a great occasion, someone getting a name that they are proud to carry with them. always almost develops a connection with them, you know? they start coming here more often, and the

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm donovin sprague.backbone, from the hump and crazyhorse families of the minocoshu for my tribal affiliation from sheyenne river sioux reservation which is about 100 miles east of where i stand right now at the sacred bear butte. a very spiritual place where people of many american indian tribes and nationalities visit. people come here and they'll give tobacco offering and prayers so they'll leave those like often with tobacco and cloth and for maybe a loved one or something that they're praying for, but it just shows the -- all the prayers that are left here and that are well -- well received in this very area that we're at. i've actually given some names to some people here. so some of these places when i just look over, i can kind of almost imagine us, you know, having our little ceremony and get together and somebody, on great occasion, somebody getting a name that they're proud to carry with them and then it almost, like, develops a connection with them, you know, then they start coming here more