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In July 2022, the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council effected a temporary suspension of Christian missions on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The council called for an investigation into the financial practices of the Dream Center Missionary, and the Jesus is King Mission was ejected from the reservation for spreading pamphlets that the tribe saw as hateful.
The nearest urban center, Rapid City, South Dakota, is 120 miles (190 km) from the center of the reservation. [100] The most inland point in North America is located within the reservation, near the town of Allen, and is 1,650 km (1,030 mi) from the nearest coastline. Bennett County and Oglala Lakota County make up much of the reservation.
Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat; Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. [1] The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875, although it remains unorganized. [4] [5] Its largest community is Pine Ridge.
The Lakota (; Lakota: Lakȟóta or Lakhóta) are a Native American people. Also known as the Teton Sioux (from Thítȟuŋwaŋ), they are one of the three prominent subcultures of the Sioux people, with the Eastern Dakota (Santee) and Western Dakota (Wičhíyena).
The Ben Reifel Visitor Center within the park offers a bookstore, special programs, and museum exhibits. The White River Visitors center in the park's South Unit offers information about the region's Lakota heritage. The Badlands Wilderness covers about one fourth of the park and was designated in 1976. [51]
The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to as Oglala Sioux) and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, United States, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Red Cloud (Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta; c. 1822 – December 10, 1909) was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1865 to 1909. [1] He was one of the most capable Native American opponents whom the United States Army faced in the western territories.
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