Showing posts with label indian burial mounds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indian burial mounds. Show all posts

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Sacred Buffalo

Located on the west side of our city is Sherman Park with it's five ancient Indian burial mounds. The history of this park is a very rich one dating back to the early years of Sioux Falls. Yet the history of the land the park sits on goes back much further with bones from the burial mounds dating back as far as 500 B.C.

At the entrance to this park sits this fantastic rock wall. The scene built into the wall shows an Indian on horseback with a spear in his hand chasing five buffalo.

I have seen many murals, some painted some constructed out of mosaic tiles but never before have I seen such a work of art as this. The vision, time and detail that went into creating this beautiful wall leaves me in awe.
close up of the Indian

close detail of one of the five buffalo
With so many big beautiful parks in our city I believe this small but beautiful and historically rich park is often overlooked.
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