Crow v. Gullett, related to the introduction in 1982 of limits on when and for how long Lakota and Cheyenne religious ceremonies could take place on the Bluff. The Indian Americans argued that both the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and the First Amendment protected their right to unlimited access to the Bluff. They also wanted the Bluff to remain untouched as it was sacred. The plaintiffs lost their case on both the District and Appellate level and were denied a hearing by the Supreme Court. In 2011, the National Trust for Historic Preservation included Bear Butte on its list of the 11 Most Endangered Places. Between 2016 and 2018, Native American tribes such as the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota acquired land around the butte due to the cultural significance. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota National Register of Historic Places listings in Meade County, South Dakota List of South Dakota state parks Notes References Oehlerking, Jerry. The Dick Williams Story: If Bear Butte Would Speak, South Dakota Conservation Digest, March/April 1977, pp. 22–25. External links Bear Butte State Park Black Hills Buttes of South Dakota Cheyenne tribe IUCN Category III Lakota National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota National Natural Landmarks in South Dakota Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota Protected areas of Meade County, South Dakota Religious places of the indigenous peoples of North America Sacred mountains State parks of South Dakota Landforms of Meade County, South Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Meade County, South Dakota Eocene magmatism