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Badlands National Park (Lakota: Makȟóšiča [3]) is a national park of the United States in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects 242,756 acres (379.3 sq mi; 982.4 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles , along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States.
In Badlands National Park, scientists have recorded the presence of 37 mammal species, nine reptile species, six amphibian species, 206 bird species, and 69 butterfly species. [150] The rare swift fox and endangered black footed ferret are among two of the various mammal species found in the Badlands region.
The county lies entirely within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and contains part of Badlands National Park. It is one of five South Dakota counties entirely on an Indian reservation. [6] The county is named after the Oglala Lakota, a band of the Lakota people. Many of the county's inhabitants are members of this sub-tribe.
More than 1 million people visited Badlands National Park last year. Here's why you may want to consider joining them.
Red Shirt Table is a Tableland in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.The table, named after Chief Red Shirt is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, generally extending in a north–south direction, and is located along the western boundary of Badlands National Park's Stronghold Unit.
Cuny Table is a table mountain in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.The table is approximately 15 miles (24 km) long and approx. 3 miles (4.8 km) to 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, generally extending in a west–east direction, and is located along the southern boundary of Badlands National Park's Stronghold Unit, but not a part of it.