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2001 - Protecting Wyoming's Sacred Places

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2001 Sacred Places
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The image depicted on this Wyoming Archaeology Awareness Month poster has come to be known as Devils Tower. This feature, however, has been given many names by different Plains Indian Tribes. The indigenous names printed around the border of the poster continue to be used by native peoples today. A comprehensive ethnographic report, Naming Bear Lodge**, completed for the National Park Service, provides extensive information regarding the cultural history of the tower feature and an account of the history of its naming. The native language place names, English translations, and tribal affiliations shown on the poster are reprinted below.

Place Name	English Translation	Tribal Affiliation
Na Kovea	Bears' Lodge, Bear Tipi, Bear's Tower, Grizzly Bear's Lodge	Arapaho
Tso-i-e; Tso-ai; Tso-aa; Tsoai	Tree Rock, or Rock Tree	Kiowa
Mato-Tipi; Mato Tipi Paha; Mato Tipila	Bear Lodge, Bear Lodge Hill, Bear Lodge Butte, Grizzly Bear's Lodge	Lakota or other Sioux Bands
Mathoothi; Mathoothipi; Mathoothipila	Bear-Dwelling, Bear Tipi	Lakota or other Sioux Bands
Che Paha	Crying Hill	Lakota
Mahdo Wakupe	Bear's Hat	Mandan
Aguay Za-Quid-Ipe	The Bear Scratched His Way up There, or Bear Claw Markings, or Bear Scratchings	Wind River Shoshone
Dabiche Asow	Bears House	Crow
T,sou'a'e; T'sou'a'e	Aloft on a Rock	Kiowa
Wanaghipaha	Ghost Mountain	Lakota or other Sioux Bands
Woox-niii-non	Bear's Tipi	Arapaho
T'sotsedle; Tso-tsedle	Rock Standing, Standing Rock	Kiowa
we'shaBeNar	Gourd-its-Butte	Wind River Shoshone
He Hota Paha	Grey Horn Butte	Lakota or other Sioux Bands
Dabicha Asow	Bear's House, Bear's Home, Bear's Lair	Crow
Nakoeve	Bear Peak	Cheyenne
Chan-hoo-tah-ah	Tree Stump	Lakota
Wiwayang Wachipi Paha	Sundance Mound	Lakota or other Sioux Bands
Na'koo! Vee!	Preferred spelling for Na Kovea, Bear's Lodge	Cheyenne
Daxpitchee Awaasuua	Preferred spelling for Dabicha Asow, Bear's House	Crow