Clash of US Empire and Indigenous Peoples of Black Hills Chronicled in ‘Myth-Mapping’ Article


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LAWRENCE — Although having grown up in South Dakota, Elaine Nelson knew very little about the Black Hills until she took a college history class on the American West.

“I started realizing I was sort of robbed of the complexity of my own state’s history, and that inspired me to pursue the history profession,” said Nelson, assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas.