Neihardt-Black Elk Hike to celebrate 10th anniversary

By: Nebraska Examiner staff

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: May 21, 2026

Words: 337

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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LINCOLN — One of the nation’s most notable literary hikes will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary.

The John Neihardt-Black Elk Hike will be held Saturday, May 30, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Sylvan Lake Trailhead in South Dakota’s beautiful Black Hills.

The hike up the 7,244-foot-high Black Elk Peak commemorates the trip Neihardt made with Black Elk – also on May 30 decades ago – to the top of the peak.

That’s where Black …

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