Dances with Wolves

   I loved my stay in South Dakota. One of the stops on my list was Spearfish Canyon, which was the location that the Dancing with Wolves final winter scene took place. The site can be found north of Roughlock Falls in Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills National Forest. 

    The movie featured the beauty of the never-ending western South Dakota prairie, one of the largest herds of American Bison in the world, and the famous Lakota Sioux culture, “Dances With Wolves” introduced South Dakota's wonders to the world.

     There are several hiking trails with picturesque views of waterfalls, clear water streams, and the occasional beaver at work. There's so much history hidden in plain site however, always question how it's written.   It is plausible that the truth of the past can be shaped by unreasonable interpretive historical scholars without factual understanding. It is the fault each of us to allow the might of political and cultural influence to have the power to shape historical narratives through school textbooks, movies, and the range of availability mediums.