Pine Ridge is a town in South Dakota and the tribal headquarters of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Map of Pine Ridge
See
[edit]- 1 Wounded Knee Battlefield (just east of the town of Wounded Knee, northeast of Pine Ridge). The site of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890; over 250 Sioux were killed. There is a Wounded Knee Museum in nearby Wall.
- 2 The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School, 110 Mission Drive, ☏ +1 605 867-8257, [email protected]. Winter: Tu-Sa 9AM-6PM; Summer: M-Sa 8AM-6PM, Su 10AM-5PM. A museum of Lakota and other Native American cultures, art gallery, and gift shop. Free, donations welcome.
Do
[edit]- Hunting for game such as ring-neck pheasant, giant Canada goose, deer, elk, buffalo, prairie dogs and turkeys.
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[edit]Alcohol is illegal on the Pine Ridge Reservation, despite several efforts to permit it.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Prairie Wind Casino and Hotel, 112 Casino Dr, ☏ +1-800-705-WIND (9463).
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[edit]- Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial, both near Custer.
- Badlands National Park contains the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States.
| Routes through Pine Ridge |
Ends at N  S ← Hot Springs ←
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W  E
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→ Rosebud → Jct N  S
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| END ← | N  S
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→ becomes  → Jct W  E → Alliance
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