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The first people to come to the Black Hills were the Native Americans who considered the Black Hills sacred. The first tribes were the Arikara, Cheyenne, Crow, Kiowa and Pawnee. They were driven out of the area by the Lakota who were being pushed west by expansion of the US territories.

Fur traders found a wealth of animals in the Black Hills.

Then General George Armstrong Custer discovered gold in the Black Hills in 1874. Many settlers came to the area hoping to strike it rich!

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