Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) � 2015 Native Sun News There is a historic marker west of Custer, S. D. that reads in part: " Historic Sites, Buffalo Rock - Site where the last buffalo was killed in the Black Hills in 1887 by Joe Humphreus, Bob Patterson - Charles Sager." As is turned out, this was not the last buffalo killed in the Black Hills. And so how ironic it is that just a few miles from this marker a Buffalo Roundup is held annually that draws up to 15,000 spectators. What started out as a small roundup attended mainly by buffalo ranchers has grown into an event that not only draws huge crowds, but has now expanded into a three-day spectacle that includes a...
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