Oglala Lakota County is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,672. Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat; Hot Spring
Indian Health Service Hospital in Pine Ridge on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, November 2011
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota, with a small portion extending into Nebraska. Origin
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
…it remains unorganized. Its largest community is Pine Ridge. Oglala Lakota is the only dry county in South Dakota. 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. The county is named after the…
A 1911 ad offering former reservation land for sale. Most of the "allotted Indian land" sold the previous year (1910) was Sioux land.
Survivors of Wounded Knee Massacre, 1891 (Title: What's left of Big Foot's band). John C. Grabill.
A tavern in Whiteclay, Nebraska, 1940
William's car riddled with bullets.