Black Hills
Mountain range · West Pennington ·
Culturally rich mountains; Native American cuisine and indigenous foodways
Culturally rich mountains; Native American cuisine and indigenous foodways
"This western South Dakota mountain range is considered sacred by area tribal nations and was historically a key hunting ground for bison, pronghorn, elk, and deer; its 19th-century seizure after gold was discovered remains a central grievance, despite an 1868 treaty that created vast Sioux reservations and a 1980 Supreme Court ruling that found the seizure illegal and awarded monetary compensation which tribal leaders refused because the land was never for sale. The site has become a powerful symbol of the Land Back movement and the broader push to restore Indigenous relationships to place, foodways, and sovereignty." - Kate Nelson
"A forested, culturally rich mountain region that connected the baker to local historians and indigenous foodways; meetings there led her to Sioux chef Sean Sherman and inspired a South Dakota pie built around wild-rice pudding made with homemade sunflower milk and a maple‑pumpkin sunflower‑seed crunch, opening her eyes to aspects of Native American cuisine she wouldn’t have discovered otherwise." - Elazar Sontag
