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A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the eighth-largest Native American reservation in the United States. The Oglala are a federally recognized tribe whose official title is the Oglala Lakota Nation. It was previously called the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
Wesley Charles Jacobs Jr. (also known as Wesley Chuck Jacobs) is an American rural planner, who, as an Oglala Lakota, works in South Dakota for the First Nation's Financial Project. [1] [2] He graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Master's in Rural Planning, in 1984. [3] [4]
The Sisseton Wahpeton, Flandreau Santee, Standing Rock and Oglala Sioux tribes have Title IV-E contracts with the state. In 2021, the dollar amounts ranged from $40,000 for Flandreau Santee to $1. ...
In recent times, some of the tribes have formally or informally reclaimed traditional names: the Rosebud Sioux Tribe is also known as the Sičháŋǧu Oyáte, and the Oglala often use the name Oglála Lakȟóta Oyáte, rather than the formal Oglala Sioux Tribe or OST. The alternative English spelling of Ogallala is considered incorrect. [3]
However, some tribes have formally or informally adopted traditional names: the Rosebud Sioux Tribe is also known as the Sičháŋǧu Oyáte (Brulé Nation), and the Oglala often use the name Oglála Lakȟóta Oyáte, rather than the English "Oglala Sioux Tribe" or OST. (The alternate English spelling of Ogallala is deprecated, even though it ...
Kevin Killer (Oglala Sioux) (born May 4, 1979) is a Native American activist and politician.He served as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (2020-2022). He served as a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017 and the South Dakota Senate from 2017 to 2019, representing the 27th district. [1]
Raines operated American Horse Consulting before moving to Pine Ridge. As a representative of Raindancer Resource Management, Raines proposed several projects to the tribe, such as the acquisition of Saigon National Bank, the pursuit of Housing and Urban Development grants, small business development, and a wind farm, but these were not approved.
This is a list of notable people of Lakota ancestry. Arthur Amiotte (Waŋblí Ta Hóčhoka Wašté) (born 1942), Oglala artist, educator, curator, and author; Black Elk (Heȟáka Sápa) (1863–1950), Oglala Heyoka and cousin of Crazy Horse; Black Hawk (Čhetáŋ Sápa) (ca. 1832–1890?), Sans Arc artist and medicine man