His burial mystery, approached with the same respect, is a historical question about a human being, not a treasure hunt for a famous person’s remains.

The Landscape That Holds The Secret

The country between Fort Robinson in northwestern Nebraska and the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota is beautiful, open, and largely unchanged in its broad character since 1877.

The pine-covered hills of the Nebraska panhandle give way to the badlands formations of the White River drainage, which open into the vast grassland and creek systems of the Pine Ridge country.

The country is sparsely populated and largely agricultural or ranch land.