Besides Harney Peak Thursday, the board considered 12 other requested name changes or requests to name unnamed places, Yost said. There was no notice or agenda of Thursday's meeting published on ...

When the peak was named Harney years ago, the Lakota were not consulted regarding the name." +3 Nicholas Black Elk, as he appeared in 1887 while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Harney Peak to be renamed against state wishes. In a release, Sen. John Thune said he was upset by the board’s “unilateral decision” to rename one of the state’s best known landmarks.

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Board of Geographic Names has recommended that the name of Harney Peak, the highest geographical point in South Dakota, remain unchanged. Discussion about changing ...

RAPID CITY – Harney Peak's distinction as the "highest point in the U.S. east of the Rockies" is as rock-solid to many South Dakotans as the granite at the 7,242-foot summit.

Harney also led U.S. military operations in the Black Hills area in the 1870s. For decades, Native American activists lobbied for Harney Peak’s name to be changed.