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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.
Members of the Oglala Lakota, the American Indian Movement and supporters occupied the town in defiance of federal and state law enforcement in a protest that turned into an armed standoff lasting 71 days. This event inspired American Indians across the country and gradually led to changes at the reservation.
Oglala (Lakota: Oglála; [5] "he scatters his own") is a census-designated place (CDP) in West Oglala Lakota Unorganized Territory (civil township) equivalent, [6] Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,282 at the 2020 census. [7] Its location is in the northwest of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Area code 940 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Texas in the Wichita Falls and Denton areas. It was created on July 7, 1997, in a split from area code 817 .
Oglala Lakota County (known as Shannon County until May 2015) [2] is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 13,672. [ 3 ] Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat ; Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. [ 1 ]
Manderson-White Horse Creek (Lakota: oyúȟpe; [5] the name of a band of the Oglala) is a census-designated place (CDP) in East Oglala Lakota Unorganized Territory (civil township equivalent) in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 554 at the 2020 census. [6] Oglala Lakota tribesman, Kicking Bear died
Wanblee (Lakota: Waŋblí Hoȟpi; [5] "Golden Eagle Nest") is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, located in Jackson County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 674 at the 2020 census , [ 6 ] virtually all of whom are members of the Oglala tribe of Lakota Sioux .
Kyle (Lakota: phežúta ȟaká; "Branched Medicine" [5]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. Its population was 943 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] Located within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Lakota , it is one of two settlements which are closest to the North American ...