28 Nebraskaland • January-February 2021
trouble.
Today, History Nebraska has many
resources available at the park to
commemorate these events and others
of the Indian Wars.
In 2003, the agency reconstructed
the barracks where the Cheyennes
were held captive, and a striking
monument memorializing the incident
was installed below the Cheyenne
Buttes on land owned by Chief Dull
Knife College just west of the park in
2016. Three historical markers also tell
of the events.
Perhaps it is the characteristics
of the buttes, which are rugged
enough to provide some of the
region's best bighorn sheep habitat,
that best represent the struggle and
determination of the Cheyenne people.
When standing on the landforms,
looking over the White Valley and a
herd of bison grazing below, it is fi tting
to think of that cold night in January
Each winter, the Cheyenne Buttes serve as a reminder of the plight of Dull Knife and his people. In summer, Fort Robinson
State Park provides Jeep rides to the fenced area at left.
