Whitestone Hill, picture courtesy of the Historical Society of North Dakota
A historical agency in North Dakota is being honored for their work in redesigning a landmark near Kulm.
The Historical Society of North Dakota reinterpreted the monument at Whitestone Hill, where memorials to fallen soldiers has stood since 1909. That monument recognized those who died in a conflict between the U.S. Army and the Dakota’s indigenous people 1863.
While the Army’s losses have been memorialized, the conflict is now regarded as a massacre of native people by tribes and most historians. The new additions include features that highlight the Native American losses and interpretation of those events, with 15 new panels. That redesign has garnered national praise from the Native American National Association of Interpretation, who said in a statement that the site is a sacred place for Native Americans before and after the events in 1863.
You can visit the site and redesigns southeast of Kulm near Merricourt.
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