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'Paha Sapa'

For many people, from past and present Native Americans to today's visitors,
the Black Hills have been a special place for physical and spiritual renewal.
Paha Sapa. Lakota Sioux for 'hills that are black.' But that's the surface
translation. The deeper translation is 'the heart of everything that is.'

Seen from a distance, the Black Hills, rising several thousand feet like
sentinels above the surrounding prairie, do appear to be black. But enter
these hills and a world of color and variety unfolds. They include rugged
rock formations, canyons and gulches, open grassland parks, tumbling streams,
deep lakes, and caves. The forest cover and forage sustain a wide variety of
birds and four-legged animals, including buffalo, elk, deer and antelope.
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