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Bear Butte State Park
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Bear Butte State Park

Location: 6 miles northeast of Sturgis off SD 79.
Facilities: 16 basic campsites, horsemen's campsite, picnic areas, picnic shelter, hiking trails, bridle trails, fishing dock (é), historic site, education center, playground.
Activities: Camping, boating, hiking, horseback riding, fishing, interpretive programs.
Special Features: Mato Paha, or Bear Mountain, is the Lakota name given to this site. The mountain is sacred to many American Indian tribes, who come here to hold religious ceremonies. A small bison herd roams the base of the mountain.
Address: Box 688
E Hwy 79
Sturgis, SD 57785
Phone: 605-347-5240;
Web: www.sdgfp.info/parks/regions/northernhills/bearbutte.htm
Size: 1,935 acres.

See other parks in South Dakota.


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Crazy Horse was known to his mother as "Curly" or "Light Hair" and his birth in a Lakota camp near a sacred monument known as Mato Sapa, or Bear Butte, caused his mother, Rattle Blanket, concern.
SOUTH DAKOTA, West Lawrence County Deadwood 01 0800MST 03 1200MST Meade County Sturgis 01 1700MST 03 1200MST Low water crossings and some side streets were flooded from heavy rain and high flows along Bear Butte Creek.
Father Paul Thelakkat of the Indian Diocese of Cochlin, commenting on the practice of "outsourcing" North American Mass intentions to the developing world ("The Ottawa Citizen, July 15, 2006) "Our relationship with Bear Butte predates Meade County.
 
 
 
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