The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created by the United States in 1889 by breaking up the Great Sioux Reservation, following the attrition of the Lakota in a series of wars in the 1870s. The r
Farmland on the reservation
Woman drying food on an outdoor rack in the 1930s
Tribal flags at Eagle Butte
Remains of a Native American soldier, who died during the Korean War, are honored at a funeral in Eagle Butte before reburial in South Dakota in 2009.
Sue, officially designated FMNH PR 2081, is one of the largest, most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossils ever found, at over 90% recovered by bulk.
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
…Touch the Clouds, chief of Minneconjou Teton Lakota Sue (dinosaur) Media related to Cheyenne River Indian Reservation at Wikimedia Commons…
Sue on display in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (with some bones reconstructed)
Highlighted green are the real fossilized bones. The real skull is displayed separately.
Field Museum Fossil Preparation Lab