Great Sioux Nation

Mining in the Sacred and Stolen Black Hills, Then and Now

October 16, 2026October 16, 2026 By Darren Thompson, Contributor0Tagged aerospace superalloys, aylor Gunhammer, Black, Black Hills, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, California Gold Rush, Cheyenne, coeur mining, columbite-tantalite, copper, defense electronics, Diné, electronic devices, Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, Gen. George Custer, Gold, Government of Congo, graphite, Great Sioux Nation, Hê Sapa, HeSapa, Hills, lakota, lead, LITHIUM, Mining, Mining Law, oglala lakota, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pe’Sla, pegamite, Red Dawn Foster, Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project, Sacred, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, Silver, south dakota, Stolen, The General Mining Act of 1872, tin, U.S. Geological Survey, Uranium, Wharf Mine, zinc