Talk:Black Hills
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to me it seems odd that you would write 'many .. farmers have settled there blah balh blah'.
today it is a tourist attraction with many national parks.
which indians lived there? who found it sacred and why?
no links to the history of gold or silver?
It's incredible that some one would write that the black hills were "purchased". they were stolen fair and square like most all of the US.
[edit] Accusatory tone, without references
"The region is considered sacred by the Lakota Native Americans, although sceptics point out that they only discovered the Hills in 1765, barely 100 years before they used the Black Hills' "sacredness" as grounds for "deserving" the gold-rich territory in treaties with the U.S. government." This text seems unnecessarily inflammatory; the quote marks, at the very least, around some of the words should be removed. They inject an unwelcome accusatory tone into the article that seems unprofessional. Also, this contention needs to be referenced. --ebedgert
- Took it out of intro as unsourced and poorly worded. The info is included in the history section. Vsmith 22:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tallest peaks?
I think the following claim in the introduction is wrong:
- The Black Hills are home to the tallest peaks between the Rocky Mountains and the Alps in Europe (not counting undersea mountains).
The highest point in the Black Hills, Harney Peak is 2,207 m., but in Greenland (which surely lies between the Rocky Mountains and the Alps) there are seven mountains higher than that (see List_of_mountains_in_Greenland). Dougg 23:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Okay, that's been changed to...
- The Black Hills are home to the tallest peaks of continental North America West of the Rockies.
...but aren't the Black Hills east of the Rockies? I'd make the change but not being very familiar with USA geography (physical or political) I'd like someone else to verify it. Dougg 00:49, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Geology
I am changing the section 'The Black Hills also has a 'skirt' of gravel covering it in areas called erosional terraces. These are conglomerate beds formed as the waterways cut down into the uplifting hills and represent the former river beds.' so it does not refer to it as a conglomerate bed. It is just gravel and not a conglomerate because it is not cemented. BHrock 04:57, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] typos, et cetera
the page says
- The Black Hills also made an attempt at succession from the United States in the book World War Z
I haven't read World War Z but I presume that succession should be secession in the passage above. Funkyj 08:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
