Oglala Lakota County

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Oglala Lakota County is a county in South Dakota that encompasses much of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and is home primarily to members of the Oglala Lakota Nation.

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Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
county
borderedBy Shannon County NERFINISHED
containsCommunity Kyle NERFINISHED
Manderson NERFINISHED
Oglala NERFINISHED
Pine Ridge NERFINISHED
Porcupine NERFINISHED
Wounded Knee NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countySeatLocatedIn Fall River County NERFINISHED
governedBy Oglala Sioux Tribe NERFINISHED
hasCountySeat Hot Springs NERFINISHED
hasEducationalInstitutionType Bureau of Indian Education schools
tribal schools
hasFIPSCode 46XXX
hasGovernmentType county government
hasISOCode US-SD NERFINISHED
hasLargestCommunity Pine Ridge NERFINISHED
hasMajorEthnicGroup Oglala Lakota NERFINISHED
hasMajorLanguage English NERFINISHED
Lakota NERFINISHED
hasMajorTribalNation Oglala Sioux Tribe NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity ranching
service sector
tribal government employment
hasPrimaryLawEnforcement tribal police
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
Lakota traditional religion NERFINISHED
hasReservationJurisdiction Pine Ridge Indian Reservation NERFINISHED
hasSignificantHistoricalSite Wounded Knee NERFINISHED
hasSignificantIssue housing shortage
poverty
unemployment
locatedIn Great Plains
South Dakota NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
namedFor Oglala Lakota Nation NERFINISHED
Oglala Lakota people NERFINISHED
partOf Pine Ridge Indian Reservation NERFINISHED
partOfCongressionalDistrict South Dakota at-large congressional district NERFINISHED
populationMajority Native American
Oglala Lakota NERFINISHED
previousName Shannon County NERFINISHED
renamedFrom Shannon County NERFINISHED
renamedInYear 2015
stateSubdivisionOf South Dakota NERFINISHED

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Pennington County borders Oglala Lakota County
Pennington County, South Dakota borders Oglala Lakota County
this entity surface form: Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
Wounded Knee Creek flowsThrough Oglala Lakota County
Wounded Knee Creek locatedIn Oglala Lakota County