In the 19th century, over 250,000 Native Americans lived in the Great Plains -- between the Mississippi and Rocky Mountains. After the Civil War, however, the U.S. government began to increasingly ...

In the past year, Paul Horsted has put about 25,000 miles on his car driving around the plains of North and South Dakota. The local photographer has been traipsing across fields and up and down buttes ...

YANKTON, S.D. -- Photos of Gen. George Custer's expedition in South Dakota are the subject of a chautauqua at Mount Marty College. "Exploring with Custer: The 1874 Black Hills Expedition," presented ...

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Away to the Black Hills: July 2, 1874 -- The misery of Private Ewert: July 2 to July 14 -- The scientific corps: July 15 to July 22 -- The new El Dorado: July 23 to August 3 -- Home the hard way: ...

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The Black Hills Expedition (1874) was led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer through modern day North and South Dakota. The U.S. government had instructed Custer to undertake the expedition ...