Premier hosts of Native American tours - travel American Indian lands & traditions - tribal culture and history
Included in National Geographic Traveler's TOP 50 Tours of a Lifetime
Visit the REAL Native American Indian Country with our knowledgeable, friendly, indigenous guides. With over 52 years of collective experience
guiding in the Heart of Native America,
they'll take you to another world.
With your guide, travel to the 'rez' where with sensitivity & respect, hear in situ the history & culture of the Oglala Lakota people.
The Badlands and the Spirit Prayer Our emphasis in the Badlands this day is the real story of the Ghost Dance - possibly one of the most misunderstood concepts of historical culture.
The Road to Wounded Knee - nearly 300 men, women & children were shot down mercilessly in the process of surrendering weapons. Visit the infamous massacre site, hear tribal accounts in respect.
...shortlisted to
the TOP SIX tour guides worldwide
Enter He Sapa Wakan - the Heart of Everything That Is - the sacred Black Hills, holy land of the Lakota people.
The incredible landscape of Maco Sica. Hear traditional stories, learn of traditional lifeways, explore ancient trails.
Held sacred by seven tribes, the Bear Lodge towers skyward to the stars, but visitors usually miss the most interesting explanation and stories of the this.
Go Native America is a member/ supported / promoted by:
American Indian and Alaska Native Tourism Alliance
Montana Tribal Tourism Alliance
American Indian Crafts Association
Wyoming Travel and Tourism
RMI Rocky Mountain International, Real America
Black Hills, Badlands and Lakes Association
Rapid City Chamber and CVB, & Sheridan Travel and Tourism
DAY TOURS
Explore the shining mountains and great
plains of Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and Arizona with our
indigenous guides at your side.
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Our most popular tours in the Black Hills region, SD
Our most popular tours around Pine Ridge, SD
Our most popular tours in the Bighorns region, WY
Search for descendents of Cheyenne & Crow pony herds, still free roaming in the Priors. Hear amazing stories of survival!
Locals call it the Great Mystery, but maybe they don't know who to ask? After a short trailed hike to this site, learn the explanation.
Was it really a massacre? This was a victory for Cheyenne and Lakota military societies, won by tactics and strategy to stop an invasion.
Our most popular tours in the SE. Montana region
The most famous battle in the history of the West! Uniquely the vanquished keep the glory ...but not on our tours. Hear ALL sides.
The Sacred Deer Medicine Rocks - site of the Great Sundance prior to the Little Bighorn where Sitting Bull's vision of victory with soldiers falling upside down with no ears, is carved into the rocks.
Crazy Horse and Crook at the Rosebud - The precursive battle to the Little Bighorn - a victory to the Cheyennes and also provided thr theatre for one of the greatest acts of bravery in Cheyenne history.
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Stories of the Grandmothers
Spend three days starting in the sacred Black Hills area taking a unique opportunity to hear traditional explanations and wisdom that offer visitors the authentic flip-side to what is accepted in the mainstream as 'common wisdom' . Including the Black Hills, Pine Ridge Reservation, and the Badlands, this trip invites visitors, not tourists.
Dreamcatcher
Spend three days exploring in the sacred lands of the Lakota People. Learn how the People emerged to the surface of the earth, hear the stories of the buffalo nation, the Great Race, and the traditional relationship between the two-legged, the four legged and the winged of the air.
Join a Lakota master artist for your best introduction to the beauty and symbolism of historic and modern cutting edge Lakota Art.
Courage Whispers on the Wind
Immerse yourself in three days exploration of the cultural and historic events leading to the cataclysmic wiping out of Custer. Hear the Lakota and Cheyenne stories and perspectives, and visit important surrounding sites such as the sacred Deer Medicine Rocks, the Rosebud battlefield (known to Cheyennes as 'The Fight Where The Girl Saved Her Brother') the Crow's Nest, the Morass and the Indian village.
Day Tour Information:
Our guides are 'step-on', which means they will travel with you in your vehicle.
Day tours do not include hotels, but
Go Native America has some amazing rates negotiated for our tour members.
Please call 1.888.800.1876 for details.
Day tours usually begin about 10am
and we will arrange a convenient starting/finishing point for you.
Email your wish list here and we will
send a quote back ASAP. Prices are for
up to four people in a group. If you would like hotel/vehicle rental information, please give details of your surrounding plans.
Just For Families:
Ask about day tours
suitable for families with kids
We have 'child-friendly' guides who edutain .
NEW FOR 2009
Want your kids to experience Native American culture and history at their own pace and concentration level?
Native Edventure Trails
Self-guided family trails with prizes upon successful completion. Programs are age-appropriate (4-16 yrs) on flexible routes in the Black Hills & Badlands of South Dakota.
Powwow!
... a wonderful way to experience Native American cultures, and with Go Native America you can visit cultural celebrations with a Native guide at your side to explain the etiquette, the dances, and take you places most tourists never get to see. Email here for availability
