Carry Your Memories of the Black Hills in Style!

Our new canvas bags showcase stunning artwork from Jewel Cave, Wind Cave, and Scotts Bluff, letting you take a piece of the Black Hills wherever you go. Each purchase supports public lands and the BHPFA Native Artist Fund—shop now to carry your stories in style!

Our brand new line of canvas bags capture the essence of our amazing partner locations with stunning artwork of Jewel Cave, Wind Cave, and Scotts Bluff. These bags aren’t just for carrying supplies for your next road trip adventure; they’re about carrying and sharing your stories, adventures, and support for the public lands of the Black Hills and Nebraska Panhandle.

These are currently only available in-store at Wind Cave, Jewel Cave, and Scotts Bluff.

The stunning “Maka Oniye” bag features Jim Yellowhawk’s original artwork for Wind Cave. The seven tipis represent the seven Lakota virtues:  compassion, honesty, generosity, humility, wisdom, respect, and prayer. The outer circle illustrates how humans merged and joined the Buffalo Nation on the surface, where “we came together as relatives.” A portion of each Maka Oniye bag purchase goes to a recently created BHPFA Native Artist Fund.

Other topics in this edition:

• Message from Patty Ressler, Executive Director
• Join the BHPFA board of directors
• Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation grant funds new Scotts Bluff Junior Ranger printing
• Black Hills Area Community Foundation helps BHPFA pay for capacity improvements
• Stylish and artistically beautiful new canvas bags arrive
• New superintendent for Agate Fossil Beds and Scotts Bluff named
• New exhibits installed at Wind Cave
• SheJumps / South Dakota Volunteer Naturalists events
• What your support has been doing at each of our federal land partners