Made contact with an Indian rancher and his wife on the Cheyenne Indian Reservation SE of Eagle Butte back in the ‘80’s and he gave us permission to hunt antelope and mule deer on his ranch-res land. Made several trips over the years. He was thoughtful, intelligent, a good host, and had a pretty progressive operation.
He had the Oahe Reservoir to the East, a river to the the south, with brushed coulees leading East and south down to both. Great hunting.
We were there the last time as a blizzard descended on us and We later heard he lost most of his cattle herd as they bunched up on top of each other as they crowed the head of these draws for cover. Tragic. Felt very badly for him and his family.
Just like us, Native Americans are not a monolith of thought, opinion, or attitudes.
