Harney Peak

[hahr-nee]

noun

1. a mountain in SW South Dakota: the highest peak in the Black Hills. 7,242 feet (2,207 meters).

Harney Peak

/ ˈhɑːnɪ /

noun

1. a mountain in SW South Dakota: the highest peak in the Black Hills. Height: 2207 m (7242 ft)

Example Sentences

For example, the Oglala Lakota successfully changed the name of a sacred mountain in the heart of the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota from Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak in 2016.

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Mr. Thune said in 2016 that he was “surprised and upset by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ unilateral decision to rename Harney Peak, one of South Dakota’s most well-known landmarks.”

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In 2016, tribal leaders in South Dakota called on the state to rename Harney Peak in the Black Hills.

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In 2016, the board approved changing the name of Harney Peak, a mountain in South Dakota named after the US army general William S Harney, who led troops in an 1855 battle against the Brule Sioux and killed women and children as well as warriors.

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Board on Geographic Names swept aside the old name, Harney Peak, removing the name of a man whose soldiers killed Native Americans.

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