The South Dakota Board on Geographical Names today begins public hearings on changing the name Harney Peak, named for a U.S. Army colonel considered a villain for his role in the killing of Native ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A federal board's Thursday decision to rename Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak surprised South Dakota's governor, but vindicated activists who unsuccessfully argued to state officials ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. | Harney Peak's distinction as the "highest point in the U.S. east of the Rockies" is as rock-solid to many South Dakotans as the granite at the 7,242-foot summit. The factoid, or ...

In recent years, South Dakota has expunged names of geographic locations that are offensive, such as “squaw” and “negro.” It was inevitable that the boundaries of what is an offensive name would be ...

A federal board renamed this 7,242-foot peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota as Black Elk Peak after an objection to the man it was named after: William Harney. Harney’s troops killed 86 Lakota ...

Two members of South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard's cabinet are concerned about a push to rename Harney Peak with its Lakota name, saying it could confuse visitors who might want to visit the Black ...