Wyoming lawmakers push to protect Devils Tower name
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – Devils Tower, America’s first national monument, has a different meaning depending on who you ask. To many, it is a world-renowned tourist attraction in northeast Wyoming—to at least 15 tribal nations, it is sacred, hallowed ground.
Native American Chase Iron Eyes, attorney for the Lakota People’s Law Project, says the name does not represent its history.
“Native people didn’t have any hand in naming Devils Tower,” he said. “I don’t know why settlers named it so evil.”
Tribes hold spiritual ceremonies there annually.
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