Project Description: This project proposes to collect historical and contemporary accounts from Native American Indian Tribes and traditionally associated peoples that will elucidate their historic and contemporary relationship to and values and beliefs about Mt. Rushmore Historic National Park (MORU). The project will also seek to identify, map and describe land features within the MORU park region that hold cultural significance for Native American tribes, park neighbors and residents who are traditionally associated with the park. This research will result in a description of the historical and physical environmental features, and a description of the belief systems (Wolcott 2010) associated with Mount Rushmore as a dominant feature of the Black Hills. Findings will assist resource managers in the identification of sensitive areas and significant landscape features, enhancing their ability to describe and publicly present those features from the perspective of Native American tribes and traditionally associated groups.
Lead Principal Investigator: Dr. Elizabeth Brabec, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Matthew Hill,
Partner Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Federal Agency Technical Contact: Michael Evans
Project Type: Research
Project Discipline: Cultural Resources
Project Sub-Discipline(s): Cultural and Historic
Start Year: 2015
End Year: 2019
Initial Funding Amount: $89,927.00
Federal Grant Number: P15AC01108
Amendments
- Amendment Number: 001, Year: 2016, Amount: $102,194.00
- Amendment Number: 002, Year: 2018, Amount: $0.00
National Park or Protected Area: Mount Rushmore (NPS)
State(s): South Dakota
Products Associated with this Project:
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