Deer Medicine Rocks National Historic Landmark Nomination
Greene JA and Kasper S. 2012. Deer Medicine Rocks National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 12000244_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for Deer Medicine Rocks in Rosebud County, Montana. The NHL nomination for Deer Medicine Rocks documents its national significance under NHL Criterion 1 for its associations with the Great Sioux War, and specifically for its connection with Sitting Bull’s Sun Dance of early June 1876 during which he had a prophecy of tribal victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn later that month. His vision is inscribed on Deer Medicine Rocks, which was a well-known major cultural site among the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne before the 1870s. The prediction manifested in Sitting Bull’s vision and presaged in the stone of Deer Medicine Rocks was a major cause in extending the duration of the Great Sioux War. The period of national significance is 1876-1877.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Greene, Jerome; Kasper, Shirl
- Date of Issue
- 2012-03-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- Battle of Little Big Horn, Crow, Great Sioux War, Lakota, military, Montana, National Historic Landmark, Native American, Northern Cheyenne, Rosebud County, Sitting Bull