Chief David Bald Eagle, Senior Campground Chief David Bald Eagle chief of the Minneconjou Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux Nation Chief Bald Eagle, by request, will give seminars on the Lakota language, about Native American history and the Cheyenne River Sioux nation, and about Pow Wows. Located on the 4,700 acre Freiberg Timber Valley Ranch, a large scenic and historic cattle ranch in cattle country in Western South Dakota. The Ranch is in a beautiful valley with spring fed stream and timber, and a variety of wildlife. The Coyotes howl at night and the Horned Owls hoot.
Wild life is abundant on the ranch.
The Catholic Church maintains a church , cemetery and Catholic Center in the middle of the Ranch on 23 acres donated by the Freiberg family. The area has a rich history, including connections to the great cattle ranching of the West, the Indian wars of the late 1800s, and homesteading. The Ranch has been and still is a working cattle ranch. Started in 1907 by Daniel Freiberg and operated until his death 1921. His son Louie Freiberg Sr expanded the ranch to its present size.