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Native - - A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS Reservations & Tribal Lands C oNTENTS

1 Reservations & Tribal Lands Map 2 Introduction 4 Rich Culture and Heritage 6 oCeti Sakowin/The Seven Council Fires 8 Milestones 10 Visitor Guidelines 12 River Tribe 16 Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 20 Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe 24 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 28 Sioux Tribe 32 Rosebud Sioux Tribe 36 40 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 44 Yankton Sioux Tribe 48 Landscapes & Landmarks 50 Native American Art 60 Powwows & Celebrations RESERVATIONS TRAILS 64 Tribal Casinos 66 Tribal Contact Listings 1 Indian N10 ative American Reservation sCenic Byway 2 Crow Creek 11 Oyate Trail 3 Flandreau Santee indian Reservation 4 lower Brule Indian Reservation 5 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation 6 Rosebud Indian Reservation 7 Sisseton-Wahpeton oyate Tribal Lands 8 standing Rock Indian Reservation 9 yankton Tribal Lands Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Introduction

WELCOME to the land of the Dakota, word “nadouessioux,” which is believed Lakota and . There are nine to be a derogatory term meaning “little Native American tribes that call snakes.” The name may have resulted South Dakota home, and each of them from a history of territorial conflicts has a unique story to tell. Working between the Sioux and the Ojibwas. together, they welcome visitors into People of the their communities in order to educate prefer the terms Dakota, Nakota and and to share. When visiting Native Lakota when referring to themselves communities, you will experience as a people and a nation. These are the genuine hospitality, discover authentic names of the group’s different dialects, art, and hear about the fascinating regions and economies. The word history and unique culture of the “Sioux” appears in this publication people known by many as Sioux. when necessary, but efforts were made to use the more accepted terms This guide is organized alphabetically, of Dakota, Lakota and Nakota. by tribe, and includes brief historical information, listings of attractions Information contained in this and events, and contact information. guide was taken from many It also provides information about sources. Because of that, there are museums, art galleries and businesses inconsistencies in the spelling of where visitors can find authentic Dakota, Lakota and Nakota words. Dakota, Lakota and Nakota artworks to view and/or purchase. Please note that inclusion in this publication does not constitute an The U.S. government officially endorsement by the South Dakota recognized the Lakota as “Sioux” in Department of Tourism, nor do 1825 and has applied this name to the omissions indicate a statement Dakota, Lakota and Nakota in official or allusion to the merit of the documents ever since. The term Sioux organization so omitted. is a fragment of the French and Ojibwa

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2 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 3 Rich Culture & Heritage

From rolling plains to majestic mountains, THE BUFFALO NATION a diverse landscape decorates South The Great Spirit Skan made us with Dakota. These lands also hold a diverse bones from Stone, bodies from Earth, population. More than 71,000 Native and souls from himself, Wind and Americans live in South Dakota. Thunders. The gifts of Sun, Wisdom, Traditional creation stories place the Moon and Revealer gave us life. nation’s birth in the of South A council of the spirits named us Dakota. Others say the people of the Pte Oyate – Buffalo Nation – and Seven Council Fires migrated to the told us to care for the spirits. area from the woodlands of . One day Spider sent Wolf to the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota customs Underworld to tell Tokahe that life hold the forces of nature as holy and would be easier on the surface of the emphasize the importance of balance earth. Tokahe ignored the warnings among all things in the universe. of the holy man, Tatanka, and led the This balance remains an instrumental people up through Wind Cave. Life piece of life, as do the cardinal virtues there was hard, so Tatanka came to help of “woksape” (wisdom), “woohitika” – as a great, shaggy beast. Since then, the (bravery), “wowacintanka” (fortitude) people have lived here with the buffalo. and “wacantognaka” (generosity). Creation story courtesy of the South Dakota State Historical Society.

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Bear4 ButteNATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 5 Oceti Sakowin – Seven Council Fires

The people of the Oceti Sakowin call TETON-LAKOTA: themselves Dakota, Lakota and Nakota 7 TETONWAN LAKOTA-NAKOTA-DAKOTA which are dialectic distinctions between “PEOPLE OF THE PRAIRIE” OCETI SAKOWIN (SEVEN COUNCIL FIRES) three major divisions of the Great TETON Sioux Nation. The nine tribes named themselves, or each other, for the region they inhabited or after a particular TETON-LAKOTA SUBDIVISIONS Sisitonwan (camping among swamps) characteristic or event. The tribes joined A OGLALA in an alliance for mutual protection “SCATTER THEIR OWN” 4 and the Seven Council Fires, or Oceti PINE RIDGE RESERVATION Wahpekute Ihanktonwan Sakowin, emerged from the three (leaf shooters) (camping at the end) divisions of the Great Sioux Nation. B KUL WACASA OYATE OR SICANGU “BURNT THIGH” 2 5 ROSEBUD AND SANTEE-DAKOTA: EASTERN LOWER BRULE RESERVATIONS 1 MDEWAKANTONWAN C “SPIRIT LAKE PEOPLE” “DWELLERS AT THE ENTRANCE” Mdewakantonwan N 2 WAHPEKUTES STANDING ROCK RESERVATION (camping at spirit lake ) “SHOOTERS AMONG THE LEAVES” D MNICOUJOU 1 W E 3 WAHPETONWAN “PLANTS BY THE WATER” “DWELLERS AMONG THE LEAVES” CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION WAHPETON S E 4 SISSETONWAN “BLACK FOOT” “PEOPLE OF THE FISH VILLAGE” CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION SISSETON F OOHENUMPA “/TWO BOILINGS” 3 6 CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION YANKTON-NAKOTA: CENTRAL Wahpetonwan Ihanktonwanna G ITAZIPCO 5 IHANKTONWAN (camping among leaves) 7 (camping at the little end) “ OR NO BOWS” “DWELLERS AT THE END” CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION YANKTONS Titonwan 6 IHANKTONWANA (camping on the plains) “LITTLE DWELLERS AT THE END” YANKTONAIS Used with permission from Native Discovery. Copyright Native Discovery 2007.

6 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 7 Milestones

1500 • Plains Village people are living 1862-1865 • The War of the Outbreak Horse and several Cheyenne leaders to non-Indian settlement. The land along the Valley. occurs. The war starts in Minnesota defeat Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the is formally opened in 1909. with the Santee uprising of 1862 and Battle of Little Big Horn in . 1760 • 1924 • The Sioux, having been pushed spreads into . The Custer loses his life along with his entire The Citizenship Act of 1924 out of Minnesota by the Chippewa, Territory’s contribution to the war command of more than 200 men. naturalizes Native Americans born reach the Missouri River. Enroute, they against the Santee consists of two troops within the territorial limits of the 1877 • drive the Omaha from the Big Sioux of volunteer cavalry and a number of With passage of the 1887 . and James River Valleys. Their arrival Act (February 28), the United States militia units. 1934 • at the Missouri ignites a long war with took more than seven million acres, The Indian Reorganization the for control of the Missouri 1865 • The Edmunds Commission, including the Black Hills, from the Act recognizes tribal governments River Valley in central South Dakota. headed by Territorial Governor Newton . as sovereign nations. Edmunds, negotiates a series of treaties. is killed at in . 1973 • 1794 • The war with the Arikara comes Members and supporters of to an end with the Sioux driving the 1866-1868 • leads the 1889 • An act by the U.S. Congress the Arikara out of central South Dakota. successful fight to close off the in March splits the Great Sioux (AIM) seize the village of Wounded , a pass leading to the Reservation into six smaller reservations Knee and occupy it for 71 days. 1800 • th By the early 19 century, the gold mines of Montana. The trail with specified boundaries*. Some 1975 • The Indian Self Determination Great Sioux Nation dominates the crosses over the traditional hunting of the tribes begin performing the and Education Assistance Act northern Plains (an area including grounds of the Teton. , a religious ceremony authorizes federal government most of the Dakotas, northern thought to extinguish the whites, 1868 • agencies to enter into contracts with, Nebraska, eastern and The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 return the buffalo and restore the and make grants directly to federally southeastern Montana). establishes the Great Sioux Reservation, former way of life. South Dakota is encompassing most of present-day recognized Indian tribes. This authority 1803 • admitted to the Union in November. The United States purchases South Dakota west of the Missouri gives tribes greater control over the Louisiana Territory from France. River, including the Black Hills. The 1890 • is murdered on funding that affects their welfare. The westward expansion that follows U.S. Government pledges to keep non- the Standing Rock Reservation. 1990 • Governor George S. Mickelson eventually leads to depletion of the Indian settlers out of this territory. Following this event, Big Foot and his and representatives of the state’s nine buffalo, an animal central to the Mnicoujou band flee to Pine Ridge 1874 • tribal governments proclaim 1990 a Dakota, Lakota and Nakota way of life. An expedition led by Lt. Col. to seek protection under Red Cloud. George A. Custer discovers gold Year of Reconciliation. A Century of 1851 • More than 250 members of Big Foot’s th Reconciliation is declared in 1991. Per the Fort Laramie Treaty of in the Black Hills, sending a rush band are massacred by the 7 Cavalry 1851, the tribes guarantee safe passage of prospectors to the area. As more on December 29 at Wounded Knee. 2010 • Governor M. Michael of settlers in exchange for promises and more non-Indians enter the The event is often described as the Rounds proclaims 2010 as the Year of an annuity in the amount of fifty area, the Native American people last major conflict between the U.S. of Unity, calling for renewed efforts thousand dollars for fifty years, amended defend their homes and way of life. Army and the Great Sioux Nation. to fifty thousand dollars for ten years. in understanding, cooperation 1876 • and reconciliation among all races Non-Indians continue to enter 1904 • Land on the Rosebud Reservation 1858 • and cultures in South Dakota. The Yankton Sioux sign a treaty the area of the Great Sioux Reservation. is opened for non-Indian settlement. ceding much of eastern South Dakota to Many of the intruders go to the Black *http://digital.library.okstate.edu/KAPPLER/ the United States and opening the land Hills to look for gold. On June 25, 1908 • The first steps are taken to Vol1/HTML_files/SES0328.html#ch405 for settlement by non-Indian people. Custer attacks a large Native American open large parts of the Cheyenne encampment. Sitting Bull, Gall, Crazy River and Standing Rock Reservations

8 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 9 Visitor Guidelines

South Dakota’s tribal communities The ancestors of today’s tribes left many welcome visitors. The following artifacts and ruins behind. Resist the guidelines will help travelers enjoy impulse to pick up souvenirs. Native their visit while honoring the people, American remains and artifacts are lands and culture. A visit to tribal protected federally by the Native administration offices for additional American Graves Protection and information is recommended. For Repatriation Act, which carries stiff tribal listings, see page 66. penalties for violations.

Native American communities comprise a diversity of tribal members who practice varying degrees of tradition. Traditionalists expect tribal members and visitors to conduct themselves in a manner that is respectful of tribal religion and ceremonies. With this in mind, it must be recognized that a code of conduct practiced at one community or event may not be appropriate at another.

Some communities may have policies about picture taking, sketching and audio/video recording. Visitors should always ask for permission.

Moral precepts in appropriate dress, speech and behavior, and adherence to them, are highly regarded at ceremonial events. An unkempt appearance can be offensive where many people wear their finest.

Do not disturb sites that contain devotions or offerings. These include pipes, bundles, ties, flags of colored material, food offerings and other items. Wounded Knee Memorial These sites are considered sacred.

10 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 11 Cheyenne River Indian Reservation CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE

Creeks with names like Red Earth of 1887 and is not to be Ridge Reservation. Originally, the in the Badlands. Their journey ended and Thunder Butte flow through the confused with the Cheyenne Nation Reservation encompassed approximately on December 29, 1890, at Wounded “Wakpa Wasté Oyanke” or “Good of Montana and other areas. 60 million acres in present-day South Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation, River Reservation.” The mighty Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming. where more than 250 , The reservation is the home of the Missouri River borders its eastern edge, 1890 including Chief Big Foot, were killed the rugged Cheyenne River forms Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, or – Following the Wounded by the 7th Cavalry. Chief Big Foot its southern border, and the Moreau Cheyenne River Lakota Nation (Oyate), Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge died under the white flag of truce. River flows through the heart of the which is made up of parts of four of Reservation, survivors returned to Today, a single stone monument marks reservation. This land of sprawling the traditional seven bands of the the Cheyenne River Reservation to the mass grave of those who died. prairies and abundant waters is home Lakota Nation: Plants by the Water or the community of Bridger, located to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Mnicoujou, Sans Arc or Itazipco, Black in the southwestern corner of the or Mahpiya Foot or Sihasapa, and Two Kettles or reservation. Today, many of the town’s Icahtagya (c. 1838–1905) was a chief Other boundaries include the Standing Oohenumpa. These bands speak Lakota. residents are descendants of survivors of the Mnicoujou Teton Lakota Rock Indian Reservation to the north and victims of the Massacre. The and was known for his bravery and and Meade and Perkins counties to Lakota people believe they emerged Massacre is memorialized with an skill in battle, physical strength and the west. The Cheyenne River Indian from Wind Cave in the Black Hills, or annual horseback ride in December as diplomacy in counsel. The youngest Reservation was created as a result of “Paha Sapa.” These Lakota ancestors well as a motorcycle ride in August. son of , he was brother to roamed the vast areas east of the Rocky the U.S. Congress Act of 1889, which 1948 Big Foot, Frog and Roman Nose; and broke up the Great Sioux Reservation Mountains to the Eastern Seaboard. – Construction of the dams there is evidence suggesting that he into smaller reservations. Today, the on the Missouri River begins. was a cousin to Crazy Horse. When 1868 – The Treaty of Fort Laramie reservation covers almost all of Dewey Communities and their residents Touch the Clouds’ Wakpokinyan granted the Lakota a single, large and Ziebach counties in South Dakota; are displaced. Visitors can view two (flies-along-the-creek) band split in reservation, called the Great Sioux however, much of the land inside the repatriation monuments, located next the mid 1870s, they traveled to the Reservation, that covered parts of boundaries is privately owned. In to the Missouri River bridge on the Cheyenne River Agency. He assumed , South Dakota and addition, there are many small parcels of eastern edge of the reservation and the leadership of his band in 1875 after four other states. However, about half off-reservation trust land in surrounding north of Eagle Butte along Highway the death of his father and retained of this reservation was confiscated counties. The total reservation land area 63, north of the Green Grass turn-off. leadership during the initial period of by the United States government. is 1.4 million acres, making it the fourth the -77. The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation largest Indian reservation in land area in 1889 – On March 2, Congress was home to many great chiefs, including Hunting opportunities on the the United States. The Cheyenne River passed an act that divided the Great Big Foot and Touch the Clouds. reservation include elk, whitetail Sioux Tribe’s (CRST) headquarters Sioux Reservation into six separate deer, mule deer, antelope, sharptail is located at Eagle Butte, the largest reservations: Pine Ridge Agency, BIG FOOT or Si Tanka (c. 1820–1890), grouse, duck, goose, turkey, rabbit and community on the reservation. U.S. Rosebud Agency, Standing Rock a Mnicoujou chief, remained true to the prairie dog. Anglers can catch trout, Highway 212 and S.D. Highways 65, Agency, Cheyenne River Agency, old ways throughout his life. He was walleye, salmon, sauger, large- and 63 and 20 pass through the reservation. Lower Brule Agency, and Crow regarded as a wise leader who respected small-mouth bass, white bass, northern Creek Agency. Historically, the Great the individual rights of his people. Big The name Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe pike, catfish and various panfish. Sioux Reservation was made up of Foot, who settled on the Cheyenne was given by the U.S. Government the Cheyenne River Reservation, River Reservation, led his Mniconjou when the Cheyenne Agency was The tribe raises herds of and elk. Standing Rock Reservation, Lower band on a journey to flee from the U.S. moved from , which was For information call the Cheyenne Brule Reservation, Upper Brule (or Army in 1890. Their escape route can be located at the mouth of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Game, Fish & Rosebud) Reservation, and the Pine traced through the site of Big Foot Pass River. The name was created by the Parks office at 605-964-7812.

12 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 13 Cheyenne River Indian Reservation CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE

POINTS OF INTEREST TheNATIVE AMERICAN SCENIC ISABEL CELEBRATION AND AND ATTRACTIONS BYWAY provides a unique opportunity is held annually the first SERVICES for visitors traveling through the weekend in August. , CRST GAME, FISH & AUTO MECHANIC Contact the reservation lands. The Byway is motocross races and community PARKS DEPARTMENT for hunting approximately 450 miles in length and activities are part of the event. BANK and fishing opportunities, licenses and takes travelers on a journey from the BED & BREAKFAST permits. Open weekdays only. Licenses Nebraska border to the North Dakota DUPREE PIONEER DAYS is held C-STORE/GAS and fishing bait can be obtained at border. The route winds through five annually the second weekend of July. CAMPING/RV local retailers. 605-964-7812, reservations and tribal lands, including Enjoy powwows and rodeo action. FAST FOOD www.crstgfp.com Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Lower www.DupreeSD.com GIFT SHOP CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE Brule, Crow Creek and Yankton. GROCERY STORE EAGLE BUTTE HOME TOWN DAYS BINGO, 605-964-8910 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE HOTEL/MOTEL PROTECTION OF MUSTANGS AND is held annually the third weekend LOUNGE/BAR BURROS in July and includes a Native art Visit the H.V. JOHNSTON LAKOTA (ISPMB) MEDICAL FACILITY market and community events. CULTURAL CENTER located in Eagle ISPMB is a non-profit organization RESTAURANT/CAFÉ Butte to learn more about culturally dedicated to saving America’s wild NATIVE DISCOVERY significant items. The museum horses and burros. Take a tour through offers travel information, suggested itineraries and For more detailed information, contact contains a collection of artifacts from the majestic herds of wild horses. the following: details about Native artists. the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, 605-964-6866, www.ispmb.org Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe including murals, photographs, 605-985-5249, Game, Fish & Parks LEWIS & CLARK TRAIL www.NativeDiscovery.org Eagle Butte, South Dakota beadwork and . Visitors , 605-964-7812 605-964-7812, www.crstgfp.com can purchase authentic, locally-made FOUR BANDS COMMUNITY FUND Tribal Office, Eagle Butte, South Dakota artwork as well as art supplies at the CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE FAIR, 605-964-4155, www.sioux.org maintains a complete list of businesses center’s gift shop. 605-964-2542 RODEO AND POWWOW is held in Four Bands Community Fund on the Cheyenne River Reservation. 605 -964 -3687, Eagle Butte Labor Day weekend. The www.fourbands.org/ TIMBER LAKE AND AREA 605-964-3687, The event features powwows, Native art MUSEUM www.FourBands.org/ in Timber Lake offers a markets, a carnival, horse races, softball taste of the area’s culture and history. games and rodeos. 605-538-4477 Items from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe DAYS OF 1910 CELEBRATION is held in (located to the north) are showcased at Timber Lake annually in July. The Days the museum. An extensive collection of 1910 are known for German suppers of marine fossils, native to South and talent shows, rodeos, parades and Dakota, is also on display. Locally- street dances. 605-865-3546, made artwork, books by area authors, www.TimberLakeSouthDakota.com and other gift items are found in the museum’s gift shop. 605-865-3553, www.TimberLakeHistory.org

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14 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 15 Crow Creek Indian Reservation CROW CREEK SIOUX TRIBE

Imagine the serene beauty as the sun Americans in the aftermath of the slips quietly behind the Missouri Dakota-United States Conflict of 1862 River bluffs that flank the western in the neighboring state of Minnesota. and southern edges of the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in central The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is South Dakota. The reservation comprised of descendants of the boundaries to the west and south Dakota and Nakota people: the include Lake Sharpe and Lake Francis Ihanktowan (Yankton and Yanktonias/ Case, two large reservoirs formed Dwellers at the End) are Nakota, by the Big Bend and Fort Randall and the Isanti (/Spirit Dams on the Missouri River. Lake People) are Dakota. Both were river-plains people who did some The land area of Crow Creek farming and buffalo hunting. Reservation, which lies in Hughes, OSCAR HOWE Hyde and Buffalo counties, is (1915–1983), a approximately 400 square miles Yanktonai, pioneered a new era in (125,591 acres), making it the third Native American art. Born on the smallest of South Dakota’s nine Crow Creek Reservation, he received reservations. About 35 square miles of many honors, including the title Artist the reservation are covered by water. Laureate of South Dakota. When he died, Howe left behind a legacy of The reservation originally included cultural heritage and pride. More than bottom lands along the Missouri 20 Oscar Howe originals are on display ◆ River which had been farmed by the at the Oscar Howe Art Gallery at the Arikara and other tribes prior to these Dakota Prairie Museum in Mitchell. He tribes being wiped out by smallpox and also painted the dome of the Mitchell other epidemics in the 1700s. Today, Carnegie Library and several large several Arikara or villages are murals in the auditorium in Mobridge. archeological sites on the reservation. ELIZABETH COOK-LYNN (1930– ) In 1862, the U.S. Government taught native studies for 20 years before established Fort Thompson, eight miles becoming a full-time writer. She is the upstream from the small tributary author of two novels and a collection of called Crow Creek. Fort Thompson, short stories. She edits the “Wicazo Sa one of several military forts built in (Red Pencil) Review,” an international this region at that time, was named Native American studies journal. She for Clark W. Thompson, the Fort’s is also a traditional dancer. Cook-Lynn first superintendent. Fort Thompson grew up on the Crow Creek Reservation. also served as the headquarters for the Crow Creek Agency, which was created as a “repository” for Native

Oscar16 HoweNATIVE Art SOUTH Gallery DAKOTA at the Dakota Prairie Museum, Mitchell A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 17 Crow Creek Indian Reservation CROW CREEK SIOUX TRIBE

POINTS OF INTEREST AND ATTRACTIONS SERVICES

The LODE STAR CASINO AND C-STORE/GAS HOTEL, operated by the tribe and CAMPING/RV located in Fort Thompson, features CASINO slots, Blackjack, poker, a restaurant GROCERY STORE and lounge, and live entertainment. HOTEL/MOTEL 605-245-6000 or 888-268-1360 LOUNGE/BAR www.lodestarcasino.com MEDICAL FACILITY RESTAURANT/CAFÉ The NATIVE AMERICAN SCENIC BYWAY crosses the Crow Creek Reservation. This driving route offers For more detailed information, contact incredible views of the mighty Missouri the following: River and the surrounding prairie. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe SPIRIT OF THE Fort Thompson, South Dakota Dedicated in 2002, the 605-245-2221 CIRCLE MONUMENT at Big Bend Dam, honors the more than 1,300 people who died of malnutrition and exposure over a three-year period in the 1860s.

The Crow Creek Reservation has some of the finest hunting and fishing in the area. Guided hunts are provided by the WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. Water recreation abounds on the 80-mile Lake Sharpe reservoir. Visitors enjoy boating, fishing, swimming, picnicking and camping along the water’s edge. The tribe maintains a buffalo herd that can often be seen grazing north of Fort Thompson. 605-245-2221

Native18 AmericanNATIVE SOUTH Scenic DAKOTA Byway A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 19 Flandreau Santee Indian Reservation FLANDREAU SANTEE SIOUX TRIBE

The Flandreau In 1862, the Santee revolted against In 1934, the Flandreau Santee Sioux himself as a spokesman for his people. is located in the southeastern region reservation life when the government Tribe was formally organized and After becoming chief, around 1834, of the state and borders Minnesota did not meet its treaty obligations and recognized under the authority of the he sought justice for his people, but on the east. The reservation covers non-Indian traders refused to allow Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. also tried to maintain relations with nearly 5,000 acres of land along and food and provisions to be distributed. non-Indians. In 1862, he led the fight, CHIEF near the Big Sioux River in Moody This uprising, led by Little Crow, was or Taoya Te now known as the Minnesota Santee County. The region is known as the quickly crushed. Twelve hundred Santee Duta (1818–1863) spent much of his Conflict, protesting starvation and Prairie Coteau and consists primarily surrendered; 38 were hung by the federal life in Minnesota, where he was the the loss of promised land payments of undulating or gently rolling land. government. The rest were shipped to head of a Santee band. Little Crow, a from the federal government. Little camps (prisons) in Davenport, , bold and passionate orator, established Crow was killed the following year. The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is and Fort Thompson, South Dakota. comprised primarily of descendents of the Mdewakantonwan and Wakpekute Eventually, the Fort Thompson and bands of the Isanti division of the Davenport groups were re-united Great Sioux Nation. They refer to at Santee Agency at the mouth of themselves as Dakota, meaning the in Nebraska “friend” or “ally.” The Isanti are where about one-third of them were comprised of four bands that lived on converted to Christianity. In 1869, 25 the eastern side of the Great Sioux of the Christianized families gave up Nation: Mdewakanton (People of Spirit tribal rights and annuities to become Lake), Wakpekute (Leaf Shooters), citizens and acquire homesteads along Wahpetons (People of the Leaves), and the Big Sioux River. They built the Sisseton (People of the Swamp). They Presbyterian Church, in what was were a river-plains people who did to later become the resettled town some farming and buffalo hunting. of Flandreau, and were joined by 15 additional families. The church, built in At the time of European contact, 1873, is one of the oldest continually- the Santee lived in Minnesota used churches in South Dakota. and Wisconsin. After many years The church’s cemetery memorializes of semi-nomadic existence and many of those early Christian names due to pressure from non-Indian who shared in the journey from settlers, they ceded their land and Mankato, Minnesota, to Flandreau. entered a reservation in 1851. Non-Indian settlement of the area The town of Flandreau (Flandrau) resumed in 1872. When Moody County Chief Little Crow’s grave site was originally settled in 1857 and was was organized in 1873, Flandreau named for U.S. Indian Agent Charles was made the county seat. Sioux E. Flandrau. The settlement, like Falls politician Richard F. Pettigrew others in the region, was abandoned established an Indian school at within a year because of threatening Flandreau and named it Riggs Institute. activities of the Yankton Sioux. It opened in 1892 and is known today as the Flandreau Indian School.

20 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 21 Flandreau Santee Indian Reservation FLANDREAU SANTEE SIOUX TRIBE

POINTS OF INTEREST TheBIG SIOUX RIVER, which winds AND ATTRACTIONS its way through the area, provides opportunities for fishing, swimming ROYAL RIVER ENTERTAINMENT ◆ and canoeing. SPLIT ROCK CREEK, COMPLEX had humble beginnings as to the east, is known for its towering a bingo hall. The multi-million dollar quartzite cliffs. Visitors can get a great facility features a casino gambling area, look at these ancient formations from ◆ an entertainment and conference center, the hiking trails in PALISADES a motel, an RV park, a full-service STATE PARK south of Flandreau. restaurant, buffet, snack bar and lounge. 800-833-8666, www.royalrivercasino.com ROOSTER RIVER HUNTING LODGE, SERVICES located next to Royal River Casino, features world-class guided pheasant AUTO MECHANIC hunting on more than 6,000 acres of land. ◆ BANK 605-864-8106, www.roosterriver.com C-STORE/GAS CAMPING/RV The tribe reconstructed the traditional powwow grounds and now hosts CASINO its ANNUAL WACIPI each summer. FAST FOOD It serves as a cultural and spiritual GIFT SHOP gathering place for Native Americans GROCERY STORE and has grown into a major regional HOTEL/MOTEL tourist activity. 605-997-3891, LOUNGE/BAR www.santeesioux.com MEDICAL FACILITY RESTAURANT/CAFÉ For a taste of local history, visitors can stop at the MOODY COUNTY MUSEUM in Flandreau. It contains For more detailed information, contact a collection of Native American and the following: early pioneer artifacts. 605-997-3191 Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Flandreau, South Dakota 605-997-3891, www.santeesioux.com The FOUR WINDS CULTURAL CENTER, located on the Flandreau Indian School campus, displays artifacts, memorabilia and contemporary materials. 605-997-3773

South of town, the tribe maintains a herd of about 300 buffalo. For tours of the herd, contact the BUFFALO LAND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. 605-997-3891

Split22 RockNATIVE Creek, SOUTH Palisades DAKOTA State Park A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 23 Lower Brule Indian Reservation LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE

Immerse yourself in the along the Missouri in the 1950s and of South Dakota where vast, sweeping 1960s flooded about 35 square miles prairies play host to antelope, mule of the tribe’s prime forests; hunting, deer and prairie dogs. This is the land fishing and gathering grounds; of the Kul Wicasa Oyate (Lower Brule agricultural lands; and settlements, Sioux Tribe). creating the Lake Sharpe and Lake Francis Case reservoirs. The Crow The Kul Wicasa Oyate is a band of Creek Indian Reservation is on the related families of the Lakota Nation eastern side of these reservoirs. called the Sicangu (Burnt Thighs). Brule comes from the French word The Kul Wicasa Oyate lived freely for brulé (burnt), the name French fur thousands of years in the vast expanses traders used for the Sicangu in the of plains and prairies between the Rocky late 1600s. The Sicangu divided into Mountains and the Great Lakes. In the Lower Brule and the Heyata October of 1865, the U.S. Government Wicasa, or Upper Brule, in the late and several Lakota bands signed the 1700s. The Lower Brule favored lands Fort Sully Treaty, which established where the White River empties into the Lower Brule Indian Reservation. the Missouri River, while the Upper CHIEF Brule lived further south and west. or Mazu Oyate (1815-1894) led the Lower Brule The Lower Brule Indian Reservation Sioux Tribe through some of its most occupies an area of more than 400 challenging years. He worked diligently, square miles on the west side of the both as a warrior and statesman, to and in the ensure the survival of his people. Iron uplands that roll westward from the Nation signed the treaty to establish the Missouri River to the Black Hills. The Great Sioux Reservation in 1868. He has construction of the mainstem dams been described as a just and noble leader.

Bison

Lower24 BruleNATIVE Buffalo SOUTH Interpretive DAKOTA Center A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 25 Lower Brule Indian Reservation LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE

POINTS OF INTEREST thousand years. Visitors who walk the convention center and an RV park, open Timing of seasonal tours can be AND ATTRACTIONS NARROWS RECREATIONAL TRAIL to year-round. 605-473-5577, www.lbst.org affected by weather. Seasonal tours the top of the hills will be rewarded include sweetgrass tour, sage tour, NATIVE AMERICAN SCENIC LOWER BRULE TRIBAL The with a stunning view of the entire Bend. The berry gathering tour and corn tour. BYWAY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING crosses the Lower Brule Guided tours are available. is a Site-specific tours include interpretive Reservation. Following the Missouri state-of-the-art facility, that houses a areas tour, wildlife viewing and photo 605-473-8000 ext. 48181) TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING River, the route provides stunning spectacular hunting, eco tours, reservation-wide CHAMBER vistas from the crests of lofty river The tribe maintains a herd of bison in . It symbolizes revitalized adventure, agriculture and ranching bluffs and views of rolling hills as it three ranges covering approximately growth and economic development, tour, and economic development descends into the fertile river bottom. 6,200 acres. One of these preserves, while preserving the traditions and tour. For more information about BIG GAME UNIT the , is located culture of the past. 605-473-5561 tours, call the Lower Brule Tribe Along the route and north of the near the town of Lower Brule and Hospitality Office. 605-473-8000 town of Lower Brule is the Big is also home to almost 200 elk. Visitor information about attractions, Bend of the Missouri River and the activities and summer programs is DEPARTMENT OF location of the tribe’s NARROWS The Lower Brule available at the Hospitality Office, HISTORICAL INTERPRETIVE WILDLIFE, FISH AND RECREATION is located in the Tribal Administration WHITE EARTH HORSE SERVICES AREA, a Scenic Byway facility. located three miles north of the town of Building or at Lower Brule. Surrounded by the tribe’s (Sung Maka Ska) gift shop. The AUTO MECHANIC BIG BEND The is the largest natural bison and elk range, the wildlife facility gift shop, offering products created BANK meandering loop in any river system in offers unique interpretive exhibits and by the tribe’s artisans, is located C-STORE/GAS the United States. It features a narrow displays of area wildlife and native across from the Golden Buffalo CAMPING/RV “neck” of land, formed around a chain trees, plants and grasses. The tribe offers Casino parking lot. 605-473-5076 CASINO of hills approximately one and one- guided hunting packages for buffalo, elk FAST FOOD half miles wide. These hills forced the and deer; hunting and fishing licenses; A highly-recommended stop in Lower Missouri to meander 30 miles in order Brule is the colorful and exciting GIFT SHOP and guide services. 605-473-5666 LOWER BRULE FAIR, POWWOW AND to continue its flow southward. This GROCERY STORE LOWER BRULE BUFFALO RODEO natural landmark was widely known The . It takes place every year on the HOTEL/MOTEL INTERPRETIVE CENTER by the indigenous people of North is located on second weekend in August. MEDICAL FACILITY America who lived and traded for original tribal homelands next to the 605-473-5561 RESTAURANT/CAFÉ thousands of years in the Missouri River Missouri River. Hands-on exhibits, LAKOTA FOODS Basin. In more recent history, this area interpretive videos, special programs, , the production and marketing outlet for the tribal farm, became a landmark for fur trappers, and tours of the buffalo pasture offer For more detailed information, contact frontiersmen and military personnel. visitors a unique educational experience. distributes the popcorn of Lower Brule the following: It is located seven miles southeast of across the United States. It is located in Lower Brule Sioux Tribe NARROWS HISTORICAL The Fort Pierre on the Native American the town of Lower Brule across from the Lower Brule, South Dakota INTERPRETIVE AREA 605-473-5561 is located near the Scenic Byway (Highway 1806). White Earth Horse gift shop. Tours are www.lbst.org area where travelers traditionally crossed 605-232-2260 available. 605-473-5042, the neck by land to avoid the long trip www.lakotafoods.com GOLDEN BUFFALO around the Bend. The interpretive area The Tribe’s CASINO AND RESORT SPECIALIZED TOURS contains a Lakota tipi encampment and , located A variety of are an Arikara earthlodge, representing in Lower Brule, offers gaming, offered throughout the year. Some are the tribes that settled here over the past a restaurant, a 40-room motel, a site-specific and others are seasonal.

26 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 27 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE

Majestic Badlands, rolling grassland Laramie Treaty of 1868, which encom- hills, dryland prairie and areas dotted passed approximately 60 million acres. with pine trees welcome visitors to the In 1874, the U.S. Government violated Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It’s the treaty of 1868 by opening millions where they’ll learn of ancient legends, of acres of the Black Hills to home- colorful history and heritage as old steaders and private interests. In 1889, and wondrous as the Badlands that the remaining area of the Great Sioux surround it. Reservation was divided into six separate reservations: Cheyenne River Agency, Home of the Oglala Lakota Nation Lower Brule Agency, Rosebud Agency, (Oglala Sioux Tribe), the reservation Pine Ridge Agency, Standing Rock covers 11,000 square miles (approxi- Agency and Crow Creek Agency. mately 2.2 million acres) and includes land in the counties of Bennett, Jackson RED CLOUD or Mahpiya Luta (1822– and Shannon in southwestern South 1909), an Oglala chief, was a respected Dakota. The reservation borders the warrior and statesman. From 1866-1868, Nebraska state line to the south, he successfully led the fight to close Rosebud Indian Reservation to the off the Bozeman Trail, which passed east and to through prime buffalo hunting grounds. the north. Tribal headquarters is in Once settled at Pine Ridge, Red Cloud the town of Pine Ridge. The Oglala worked to establish a Jesuit-run school (Scatter Their Own) are one of the for Indian children. He is buried on a seven bands of the Titowan (Lakota) hill overlooking the Red Cloud Indian division of the Great Sioux Nation. School, which was named in his honor.

There are three diverse geographic CRAZY HORSE or Thashunka Witco regions within the reservation. The (1849–1877), a respected war leader southern and eastern sections consist of the Oglala Lakota, fought against of picturesque grassy plains. The the U.S. Government in an effort to west-central section merges with the preserve the traditions and values of the small eastern spurs of the Black Hills. Lakota way of life. He is most known The result is an area of rolling pine- for his participation in the Battle of covered hills and ridges, providing Little Bighorn in June 1876 in Montana. the inspiration for the name Pine BILLY MILLS Ridge. To the north of the wooded In 1964, (1938– ) won area are approximately 160,000 the 10,000-meter event at the 1964 acres of Badlands National Park. Olympic Games in Tokyo. He was the first and only American ever to win Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was that race, and he did it in record time. originally part of the Great Sioux Mills, an Oglala Lakota, was born on Reservation established by the Fort the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

28 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA Badlands A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 29 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE

POINTS OF INTEREST The SITE For fishing, hiking, camping, sight- AND ATTRACTIONS is located south of on BIA 27. seeing and horseback riding, contact Visitors are reminded to be respectful, as the Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation RED CLOUD HERITAGE CENTER The , the burial ground is considered sacred. Authority. 605-455-2584, located on the campus of Red Cloud oglalasiouxparksandrec.net/ PINE RIDGE VISITOR CENTER Indian School, houses an extensive The , collection of prize-winning paintings, located in the Chamber of Commerce For guided tours and travel graphics and created by building at 7900 Lakota Prairie Drive information, contact the Pine Ridge contemporary Native American artists near Kyle, provides visitor and travel Area Chamber of Commerce for from across North America. Also on information. Opened in 2009, the center current listings. 605-455-2685, display is historical and contemporary features Lakota art and wildlife displays. www.pineridgechamber.com Lakota art, including beadwork and Open year-round. 605-455-2685 porcupine quillwork. The gift shop WHITE RIVER VISITOR CENTER offers a large selection of unique Lakota The is fine art. Each summer, the center hosts located about 20 miles south of the town SERVICES the RED CLOUD INDIAN ART SHOW, of Scenic in the south unit of Badlands AUTO MECHANIC which showcases the works of modern National Park where BIA 2 intersects CREDIT UNION Native American artists. 605-867-8257 with BIA 27. The center features Lakota www.redcloudschool.org exhibits and a video program. Open BED & BREAKFAST summer months. 605-455-2787 C-STORE/GAS OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE , near Kyle, PRAIRIE WIND CASINO CAMPING/RV provides a site for higher education on At the , near Oglala, visitors can take a chance at CASINO the reservation. The accredited college FAST FOOD stocks a variety of Native American the gaming tables and slot machines. GIFT SHOP literature in the bookstore. Visitors The casino offers live entertainment, GROCERY STORE can see historical photographs and a restaurant, bingo and a gift shop artwork displays. At the OGLALA featuring works by local artists. HOTEL/MOTEL LAKOTA COLLEGE HISTORICAL 605-867-2683, or 800-705-WIND MEDICAL FACILITY CENTER the displays chronicle the www.prairiewindcasino.com RESTAURANT/CAFÉ history of the Oglala Lakota from the The EAST WIND CASINO, near early 1800s through the Wounded Martin, offers more than 100 Knee Massacre in 1890. An audiotape For more detailed information, contact Vegas-style machines and a snack bar. the following: provides greater meaning to the displays. 605-867-2683, www.eastwindcasino.com Pine Ridge Chamber of Commerce The Center honors the struggles of Kyle, South Dakota, 605-455-2685 those who came before and lost their www.pineridgechamber.com lives to protect the Lakota way of Oglala Sioux Tribe Pine Ridge, South Dakota life. 605-455-6000, www.olc.edu 605-867-5821 www.oglalalakotanation.org Chief Red Cloud’s grave site

30 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 31 Rosebud Indian Reservation ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE

Breathtaking canyons, rolling hills, The name Sicangu, according to oral Tail took part in a raid on a Pawnee program for small game, big game timberland and colorful community history, originated when a sudden camp that resulted in the deaths of and waterfowl. For hunting and celebrations greet visitors to this prairie fire destroyed a Lakota village. more than 100 men. kept fishing information, including guide area. Located in south-central Many men, women and children, on his followers out of the hostilities that service, contact the Rosebud Sioux South Dakota, the Rosebud Indian foot some distance from the village, led to the Battle of Little Bighorn in Tribe Department of Game, Fish and Reservation borders the Pine Ridge were burned to death. People who could 1876. However, later that year, he was Parks. 605-747-2289, rstgfp.net/ Indian Reservation on its northwestern get to a nearby lake saved themselves forced to sign a treaty that gave away corner and the state of Nebraska to its by jumping in, but many were badly the Black Hills to the U.S. Government. south. The reservation has large areas burned on their upper legs from running Spotted Tail was murdered by Crow of Ponderosa Pine forest scattered in through the tall, burning grass. This led Dog on August 5, 1881. its grasslands; and deep valleys are to the name Sicangu, which the French BEN REIFEL defined by steep hills and ravines, often later translated as Brule or Burnt. (1906–1990), a five-term with lakes dotting the deeper valleys. U.S. Congressman, was born near The Rosebud Sioux tribal lands were Parmelee on the Rosebud Reservation. The reservation’s 922,759 acres originally reduced to a reservation During his lifetime, he worked for the encompass Todd County as well as by the U.S. Congress Act of 1889. , served in tribal lands located in Mellette, Tripp, The boundaries were further reduced the U.S. Army and received a doctoral Gregory and Lyman counties. The by subsequent . degree from Harvard University. tribal headquarters is located in The Sicangu people were moved Reifel ran for office in 1960 and Rosebud. There are 20 communities five times before the Rosebud served until his retirement in 1971. within the reservation. Agency was finally established. WHITE EAGLE (1956-1995) was the The Rosebud Sioux Tribe (more properly CHIEF SPOTTED TAIL or Sinte Gleska first Native American to sing lead known as Sicangu Lakota Oyate, or (1823–1881) was born in the White roles in American musical theater Burnt Thigh People) are descendants River area. A Brule Lakota, Spotted and opera. He graduated from the of the Sicangu Oyate of the Tetonwan Tail distinguished himself as a warrior prestigious Merola Opera Program Division of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven and a leader. He negotiated with the at the Opera and per- Council Fires). Historically, they U.S. Government at Fort Laramie and formed with the Opera were warriors and hunters and expert eventually signed a peace treaty in June Theater, Florentine Opera, Cleveland horsemen. Native plants and wildlife 1866. As a result, Spotted Tail and his Opera and others. White Eagle was a were very important to the Sicangu followers were given permission to hunt member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. people and continue to be today. buffalo along the Republican River. In 1868, Spotted Tail was tricked into The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sinte Gleska The words “Rosebud” and “Sioux” signing another treaty which gave away University, Bureau of Indian Affairs, are not part of the Lakota vocabulary. Lakota lands along the Republican and the Todd County School District, St. Rosebud is the site name for the Platte Rivers, forcing the tribe to move Francis Indian School, and the Indian federal agency designated for the 30 miles to the west. In 1870, Spotted Health Service provide the majority Sicangu People in 1877, so named Tail and Red Cloud visited Washington, of employment on the reservation. because of the abundance of wild D.C., where peace negotiations led to The major economic occupation is rosebuds that grew in the area. cattle ranching and farming. The the Lakota being allowed to move to the Antelope upper White River. In 1873, Spotted tribe operates a ranch and a hunting

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POINTS OF INTEREST bison, traditional Lakota buffalo MISSION AND ATTRACTIONS ceremonies, curriculum development, Hills Square Gold Course SERVICES and sustainable, culturally-appropriate 605-856-2200 AUTO MECHANIC and environmentally-safe economic City parks in Mission and White BANK GHOST HAWK PARK development. The University welcomes S.H. Kimmel City Park River and in BED & BREAKFAST CRAZY HORSE CANYON offer rest visitors to tour the ranch and the campus Art Institute C-STORE/GAS and relaxation with camping and by appointment. 605-856-8100 and Gallery, 605-856-8100 picnic facilities. Miles of rugged trails CAMPING/RV TheBUECHEL MEMORIAL LAKOTA Sinte Gleska University Bookstore through the pine-covered hills and CASINO MUSEUM in St. Francis is named for 605-856-8100 canyons of the reservation provide FAST FOOD Father Eugene Buechel. It features Soldier Woman Art & Gift Gallery exceptional hiking. Enjoy an exciting GIFT SHOP Lakota artifacts collected by the priest 605-856-4774, www.soldierwoman.com rodeo or a colorful wacipi (powwow) or GROCERY STORE during his years of teaching at the take in a weekend softball tournament White Horse Trading Post St. Francis Mission. The impressive HOTEL/MOTEL or community celebration. For more 605-856-4125 collection includes a child’s fully- LOUNGE/BAR information, contact the Rosebud Sioux beaded vest, a cradleboard and a buffalo PARMELEE MEDICAL FACILITY Tribe Tourism Office. 605-856-5644 hide robe. A gift shop, located in the RESTAURANT/CAFÉ Eagle Feather Lake The SICANGU HERITAGE CENTER museum, provides beadwork, leather crafts, quilts and other fine items. Dam at Sinte Gleska University houses the For more detailed information, contact official archives of the Rosebud Sioux 605-747-2745, ROSEBUD the following: Tribe, as well as artifacts collected www.sfmission.org/museum Rosebud Sioux Tribe by the University. It is located in the Ghost Hawk Park Mission, South Dakota Tribally owned and operated, the 605-747-2381 community of Antelope, just east of ROSEBUD CASINO, QUALITY INN AND 605-747-2289 www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov Mission. The University was established CONVENTION CENTER is located 22 Spotted Tail Golf Course in 1971 to create an environment of miles south of Mission. For additional 605-856-4986 learning centered on information, see the Casino section and culture. Everything, down to the ST. FRANCIS of this publication. 800-786-7673 University’s logo design, represents St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church aspects of Sicangu Lakota beliefs, ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS: legends and history. 605-856-8100 Contact the Tribal Tourism Office at 605-856-5644 for more information. SINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY is Some of these listings appear in other among the few tribal universities in parts of this publication. See Museums, the nation with its own bison ranch Art Galleries and Shops, p. 50. and herd. The University is leading the nation in research centering on

American Bald Eagle

34 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 35 Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribal Lands SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE

Nestled amidst the rolling hills of Missionary Rev. Stephan Riggs reported (1824-1892) Keeble was awarded the Congressional northeastern South Dakota and that in the 1850s, many Sisseton was Chief of the Sisseton Wahpeton Medal of Honor posthumously in 2009. southeastern North Dakota lies the Wahpeton villages had a population Sioux Tribe from 1866 until his death FLOYD WESTERMAN home of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, ranging from 5,000 to 9,000 residents. in 1892. As part of a large fur-trader (1936–2007) consisting of the Sisseton (People of the family of French and Sioux origins, was a Dakota musician, activist and Marsh or People of the Fish Village/ The Lake Traverse and the Devil’s he was an unlikely candidate as Chief actor. Late in his life, he became Peninsula) and the Wahpeton (People Lake Reservations and their boundaries of the Sisseton Wahpeton. However, a leading Hollywood actor often on Lake Traverse or People Among were established by the Lake Traverse with the coming of the Dakota War depicting Native Americans in the Leaves/Leaf Shooters). Lush, Treaty of 1867. From 1884 until 1913, of 1862, his fortunes changed. In American films and television. He gently sloping prairies circle the tribal the tribe’s government was based upon 1863, he was appointed to the post is sometimes credited as Floyd Red headquarters at Agency Village. Every the concept of the Soldier’s Lodge. of Chief of Scouts in the service of Crow Westerman. Westerman was hill and valley is a testament to the However, due to external pressures from Minnesota state militia by Colonel born Floyd Kangi Duta Westerman glaciers that once covered this land. federal Indian agents and missionaries, , who later on the Lake Traverse Reservation. as well as internal turmoil, the system became the first governor of the state The Sisseton and Wahpeton bands was changed in 1913 to an advisory of Minnesota. Renville’s service to POINTS OF INTEREST are subdivisions of the eastern or committee, which was the basis of the U.S. Army ended in 1865. For his AND ATTRACTIONS Dakota/Dakotah Indians and two government until 1946. In 1934, the loyalty, he was appointed by Sibley as SISSETON bands of the eastern Isanti or Santee tribe was urged to adopt the provisions Chief of the Sisseton Wahpeton. His Agency Village is home to WAHPETON COLLEGE division who speak the Dakota of the Indian Reorganization Act; people seconded Sibley’s appointment . The distinctive SONG TO THE GREAT SPIRIT language. The word “Dakotah” can but the tribal delegates rejected being a year later by declaring Renville be translated into English as “friend” an IRA form of government, citing chief-for-life. His tenure as chief building honors the traditions and and is the preferred identification of they were a Treaty Tribe. By 1946, saw the creation and dissolution of past of the , while also the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands. the current system of by-laws and the Lake Traverse Reservation and functioning as an academic building. The real significance of the word, tribal government was established by the transition of his people into the “Dakotah” derives from the word the tribe, returning governance to the modern world. He is buried atop a Mystery lurks within the area’s hills ‘WoDakotah,’ which means “harmony.” Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, citing bluff near Old Agency, South Dakota. and valleys. When the Dakota settled the authority to do so in the Treaty in northeastern South Dakota, they At the time of initial contact in the of 1867. Tribal lands cover more than PAUL WAR CLOUD (1930–1973), encountered a wooded area, or hollow, mid-1700s with European traders 106,000 acres, without boundaries. a Sisseton Wahpeton, was born in filled with unusual occurrences. and missionaries, the Sisseton and 1930 near Sica Hollow. A self-taught Phenomena such as glowing tree Wahpeton bands resided in villages The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate were artist, War Cloud realistically depicted stumps, moaning sounds and a stream extending from Manitoba, Canada, known as the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Dakota culture and tradition in his that ran red, led the Dakota to call this to the present homelands on the Lake Tribe from 1946 (and briefly in 1994, as paintings. A War Cloud mural, “Unity enchanted hollow “sica,” which means ◆ SICA HOLLOW Traverse Reservation and further south the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Nation) Through the Great Spirit,” hangs at the “bad.” Today, is a state in Minnesota and northern Iowa. In until the 2002 tribal general elections Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. park known for its hiking and horseback the mid-1850s, other missionaries in which a measure was passed altering riding trails. Each fall, the hollow draws MASTER SERGEANT WOODROW identified and described the villages Sioux Tribe to the traditional Dakota visitors who come to see an incredible WILSON KEEBLE of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands, word “Oyate,” meaning people or nation. (1917-1982) was a display of autumn colors. The park noting that a typical village ordinarily (This section was taken from text prepared by Ed Red U.S. Army National Guard veteran is located northwest of Sisseton. consisted of 25 to 150 lodges, and each Owl – Hin-Han Duta, Sisseton, South Dakota.) of both World War II and the Korean village was comprised of tiospaye, War. He was a full-blooded member The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate meaning one’s extended family. of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. owns three casinos. They are the

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DAKOTA SIOUX CASINO AND torches also are representative of the The TIOSPA ZINA TRIBAL SCHOOL HOTEL DAKOTA in Watertown, the seven district council communities building at Agency Village is CONNECTION CASINO AND C STORE - on the Lake Traverse Reservation. constructed in the shape of an eagle. in Sisseton, and the DAKOTA MAGIC DAKOTA CONNECTION CASINO AND 605-698-3953, www.tzts.us/ CASINO AND GOLF RESORT near C-STORE SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE Hankinson, North Dakota. In in Sisseton: restaurant, gas, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING consideration and respect for the alliance bingo and slots. between the Seven Council Fires, the 800-542-2876 or 605-698-4273, 12554 BIA HW 711, Agency Village Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands have www.dakotanationgaming.com 605-698-3911, www.swo-nsn.gov erected seven torches in front of the DAKOTA CONNECTION MOTOR POOL Dakota Magic Casino’s entry, and For more information about attractions, each torch is representative of each of 605-698-3339 contact the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tourism Office. 605-693-8217, the seven bands among the Dakota, DAKOTA MAGIC CASINO AND GOLF www.oyatetourism.com Lakota and Nakota people. These seven RESORT near Hankinson, N.D.: hotel, restaurant, buffet, lounge, golf course, slots, digital roulette, craps, poker, Blackjack and entertainment. SERVICES 800-325-6825 or 701-634-3000, www.dakotamagic.com ◆ AUTO MECHANIC BANK DAKOTA WINDS GOLF C-STORE/GAS 800-325-6825 Ext. 1543 CAMPING/RV DAKOTA SIOUX CASINO AND HOTEL CASINO near Watertown: hotel, restaurant, FAST FOOD slots, poker, Blackjack, lounge and ◆ GIFT SHOP entertainment. 800-658-4717 or ◆ HOTEL/MOTEL 605-882-2051, www.dakotasioux.com ◆ MEDICAL FACILITY RESTAURANT/CAFÉ THE SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE BUFFALO FARM at Enemy Swim by tour. 605-698-3911 For more detailed information, contact the following: SONG TO THE GREAT SPIRIT building Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate at Sisseton Wahpeton College: built Agency Village, South Dakota in the shape of four drummers sitting 605-698-3911 around a drum. Located in Agency Village, 605-698-3966, www.swc.tc

Song to the Great Spirit Building

38 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA SicaA TRAVEL Hollow GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 39 Standing Rock Indian Reservation STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE

Covering 2.3 million acres, the Standing Rock is the birthplace of Kenel, South Dakota. The FORT including explanations about how the Standing Rock Indian Reservation SITTING BULL (1831–1890), one of MANUEL REPLICA, a replica of where Lakota and Dakota used them. is the fifth largest reservation in the the most widely-recognized Native Sakakawea spent her last days, stands www.standingrocktourism.com/legacytrail United States. It stretches across the American historical figures. Known on the river bluffs near Kenel where expansive tall grass plains, rolling hills, in his language as Tatanka Iyotake, visitors can admire the natural beauty Standing Rock offers an abundance and buttes that border the Missouri Sitting Bull was a medicine man and and peace of her final resting place. of water recreation on . THE BAY River. Lake Oahe, a Missouri River an Itancan, or Leader of the People. , located near Grand River reservoir, is on the east side of Standing He was born along the Grand River In addition to its rich culture and Casino and Resort west of Mobridge PRAIRIE KNIGHTS MARINA Rock. The Grand River is to the south and lived the traditional lifestyle of history, Standing Rock offers great and , near and the Cannon Ball River is to the his people. In his lifetime, he fought scenic drives and recreational Fort Yates, North Dakota, provide RV north. The reservation includes lands to preserve and protect the ways of opportunities. hookups, camping areas, and ample in South Dakota and North Dakota. the people and stood firm against all space for boating and fishing. The STANDING ROCK NATIONAL attempts by the U.S. Government to buy www.grandrivercasino.com NATIVE AMERICAN SCENIC BYWAY Standing Rock Reservation takes its land sacred to the Lakota and Dakota www.prairieknights.com runs along historic Highway 1806 and name from a natural formation that people and to being relocated to the Highway 24 for 86 miles. It crosses the Throughout the year, there are many resembles a woman with a child on reservation set aside for the Nation. her back. Today, this sacred stone lands of the Lakota and Dakota people, events such as rodeos, horse trail rides, stands on a monument outside the Sitting Bull was killed on December 15, who preserve the history of several horse racing, wagon train rides, bull Standing Rock Agency’s office 1890, during an attempt to arrest him. explorers, trappers and chiefs who were riding and wacipis (powwows). in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Two burial sites memorialize Sitting essential in the shaping of the American www.standingrock.org or Bull: the original burial site, located at west. Memorial markers, interpretive www.standingrocktourism.com The reservation is home to two bands FORT YATES, North Dakota, and the signs and monuments commemorate of the Lakota Nation: the Sihasapa site to where the grave was reportedly the heritage of the Lakota and Dakota (or Blackfoot) and the Hunkpapa (or relocated across the Missouri River nations and allow visitors to learn Campers at the Horn). It is also home from MOBRIDGE, South Dakota. At history from the Native American and to two bands of Dakota, including the Fort Yates site, a rock and bronze early settlers’ points of view. the Upper Yanktonai (called the sign honors Sitting Bull. A bust, carved www.standingrockbyway.org Ihanktonwana or Little End Village) by Korzcak Ziolkowski, honors him Standing Rock offers historical step-on and the Lower Yanktonai (called at the site near Mobridge. This site guided tours along the Scenic Byway, the Hunkatina or Cut Heads). The overlooks the western bank of the covering the lives of Sitting Bull, Gall, reservation was established in July Missouri River on the eastern boundary Two Gun Hart, Moustache Maude, 1873 by the Fort Laramie Treaty of of the reservation. www.sittingbull.org 1868, which broke up the Great Sioux Hugh Glass, and Jedediah Nation into smaller reservations. Near the memorial bust of Sitting Bull Smith, and how they made history stands a marker erected as a tribute on the Standing Rock Reservation. The Hunkpapa and Sihasapa people to SAKAKAWEA (1788–1812), the The LEWIS AND CLARK LEGACY were known as the horsemen of the woman who traveled with NATURE TRAIL, located at Prairie plains and primarily hunted buffalo explorers and Knight Marina near Fort Yates, North for their needs. The Yanktonai were on their journey to Dakota, is a three-mile walking/biking/ a river-plains people who did some the Pacific Ocean. Six years after that hiking trail. Markers identify the farming and buffalo hunting. historic journey, Sakakawea entered wildlife of the area, and native plants, the spirit world at Fort Manuel near

40 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 41 Standing Rock Indian Reservation STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE

POINTS OF INTEREST Standing Rock Monument/Stone AND ATTRACTIONS Woman Monument, Fort Yates, ND Bear Soldier Jackpot Bingo, Standing Rock Tribal Service McLaughlin, SD Center, Fort Yates, ND Fort Manuel, Kenel, SD World War I Monument, Fort Yates, ND Fort Yates Stockade Building, Fort Yates, ND Grand River Resort/The Bay, Grand River Casino near Mobridge, SD SERVICES

Harre Monument, Wakpala, SD AUTO MECHANIC Holy Spirit Church, Rock Creek, SD BANK Indian Creek Recreation BED & BREAKFAST Area, Grand River, SD C-STORE/GAS CAMPING/RV Lake Oahe, SD & ND CASINO Leavenworth Monument, Wakpala, SD FAST FOOD Major McLaughlin Heritage GIFT SHOP Center, McLaughlin, SD GROCERY STORE Monument to Fathers Kenel HOTEL/MOTEL and Marty, Kenel, SD LOUNGE/BAR Monument to Indian Police who MEDICAL FACILITY killed Sitting Bull, Fort Yates, ND RESTAURANT/CAFÉ Standing Rock National Native

American Scenic Byway, SD & ND For more detailed information, contact the following: Original Gravesite of Sitting Standing Rock Tribal Tourism Office Bull, Fort Yates, ND Fort Yates, North Dakota 701-854-3898 Prairie Knights & Lodge, www.standingrocktourism.com Fort Yates, ND Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Fort Yates, North Dakota Prairie Knights Marina, Fort Yates, ND 701-854-8500, www.standingrock.org Sitting Bull College Cultural Center, Fort Yates, ND Sitting Bull Grave Site and Sakakawea Monumen near Mobridge, SD

Sitting42 BullNATIVE Memorial SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 43 Yankton Tribal Lands YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE

On the banks of the Missouri River, The Yanktons ceded 2.2 million acres of immediately downstream from Fort land to Iowa between 1830 and 1837. In Randall Dam in southeastern South 1858, the tribe ceded another 11 million Dakota, hours can be spent peacefully acres. By 1860, the tribe had turned over watching the water flow, observing the almost all of its remaining land to the animals and birds that frequent the U.S. Government, and most Yanktons area, and enjoying the breathtaking moved to the Yankton Reservation in beauty of the surrounding shoreline. South Dakota. When established, the reservation had 435,000 acres; but, Known as the Ihanktonwan Dakota starting in 1887, homesteading by non- Oyate (Dwellers of the End Village), Indian settlers withdrew much of the the Yankton Sioux Tribe’s land is reservation from tribal control. In 1932, located in Charles Mix County along the Yankton created their first Tribal the Missouri River bottom bordering Constitution. They became a recognized the state of Nebraska. The area of the tribe shortly after the implementation of reservation is approximately 262,300 the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. acres. It is the second largest Indian reservation in the United States that Folklore has it that while Lewis and is located entirely within one county. Clark convened with the Yanktons in 1804 on Calumet Bluff, a male child The reservation is the homeland of was born. Learning of this fact, Captain the Ihanktonwan (Yankton) and the Lewis sent for the child and wrapped Ihanktowanna (Yanktonai) who refer him in an American flag. Lewis to themselves as Nakota. proceeded with a speech in which he prophesied that the boy would live to In the 16th and early 17th centuries, become eminent among his people and the Yankton and Yanktonai were one would be a great friend of the white tribe. The 18th century saw the Yankton men. STRUCK BY THE REE (1804–1888) range north and west into Minnesota grew up to become Chief of the Yankton and into South Dakota. During this Tribe. As a leader, he befriended the time, the Yanktonai followed the Teton whites, yet remained dedicated and loyal tribes west. By the early 19th century, to his people. He died in Greenwood, the Yanktonai hunted buffalo between South Dakota. the Red and Missouri Rivers.

In 1804, the friendly Yankton engaged Lewis and Clark in two ceremonies of smoking from the “pipe of peace” and in a party with music and dance. Clark described the Yanktons as “stout, bold looking people.”

44 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA Missouri River A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 45 Yankton Tribal Lands YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE

POINTS OF INTEREST THE FORT RANDALL CASINO, HOTEL AND ATTRACTIONS & RESTAURANT, owned by the tribe, SERVICES is located near Wagner. The casino ◆ AUTO MECHANIC The Yankton Tribe maintains a offers slots, Blackjack, poker, a full- BUFFALO HERD that roams near the service restaurant and lounge, and BANK TREATY OF 1858 MONUMENT which live entertainment. Local musicians BED & BREAKFAST stands on a hill north of Greenwood and big name entertainers appear C-STORE/GAS overlooking the Missouri River. The regularly at the casino. 605-487-7871 ◆ CAMPING/RV monument pinpoints the spot where a CASINO The IHANKTONWAN COMMUNITY treaty designating land for the Dakota FAST FOOD COLLEGE was established by the tribe Sioux was signed. 605-384-3641 GIFT SHOP in 1997 to preserve the Nakota/Dakota Just north of the Treaty Monument language, history and culture for the GROCERY STORE is STRUCK BY THE REE’S GRAVE. purpose of vocational and technical HOTEL/MOTEL A stone image commemorating this education, leading to degrees and LOUNGE/BAR great leader marks his gravesite. certificates in higher education. It is MEDICAL FACILITY located in Marty. 605-384-3997 RESTAURANT/CAFÉ LAKE FRANCIS CASE, a Missouri River reservoir, draws visitors who Beginning near Running Water enjoy swimming, fishing, camping and following the Missouri River, FORT NATIVE For more detailed information, contact and other outdoor activities. the southern section of the the following: RANDALL DAM AMERICAN SCENIC BYWAY , the large earthen winds Yankton Sioux Tribe dam that creates Lake Francis through the Yankton Tribal Lands Marty, South Dakota 605-384-3641 Case, is located at Pickstown. and is intersected by the Oyate Trail (Highway 46) near Wagner. Wildlife and waterfowl can be observed ◆ in their natural habitat at LAKE ANDES The LEWIS AND CLARK VISITOR north CENTER is located atop historic of Pickstown. Grebes, pelicans, herons CALUMET BLUFF where Lewis and and gulls are commonly-spotted Clark convened with the Yankton waterfowl species. White-tailed deer Sioux Tribe. The Visitor Center and ring-necked pheasants inhabit overlooks the Missouri River, Lewis the grasslands surrounding the lake. and Clark Lake and the city of Yankton. 402-667-7873, Ext. 3246

Fort Randall Casino, Hotel & Restaurant

46 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 47 Landscapes & Landmarks

South Dakota’s captivating landscapes was befriended by Sisseton Wahpeton www.gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/ Several different varieties of wildflowers continue to play an important role in the people who helped him navigate the area bear-butte bloom along the walking paths at ◆ lives of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota. for his map-making. A video entitled NATIONAL The land holds legends and history from “Dakota Encounter” relates the story Buffalo remain an important focus of MEMORIAL. Native Americans found creation and promises hope and strength of the interaction between Nicollet and the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota people. many uses for plants and flowers from for the future. the Native Americans in the area; it is Legend tells of the Great Spirit taking food to medicines. Audio tour wands are shown at the tower’s Interpretive Center. on the form of a wooly beast to feed his available in several languages, including NATIVE AMERICAN SCENIC The The tower also houses an enlarged starving people. White buffalo have Lakota, which gives the Native American BYWAY extends through the center of replica of the map created by Nicollet special, sacred significance. A white perspective on the Black Hills and the Great Sioux Nation in central South with the help of his native friends. Also buffalo signifies good fortune and Mount Rushmore. Dakota. It offers breathtaking views of view wildlife artwork by John S. Wilson. forecasts a time of plenty and peace. www.nps.gov/moru the Missouri River, diverse landscapes, Located 3½ miles west of Sisseton Today, many of the nine tribes in South BUFFALO HERDS abundant wildlife, and tribal history on SD Hwy. 10. Open daily, May- Dakota maintain . Thirty to sixty million bison once and culture. The route takes travelers October, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; other times Watch for them as you travel across the roamed the great plains of North th through the lands of the Yankton, Crow by appointment. Confirm hours before open prairies. Herds can also be viewed America. By the close of the 19 Creek, Lower Brule, Cheyenne River traveling. 605-698-7672, at State Park, Custer State century, it is estimated that fewer than and Standing Rock Sioux Tribes, north sissetonmuseums.org/nicollet_tower.asp Park, and 1,000 bison survived. Located one mile through South Dakota from Nebraska Badlands National Park. north of Deadwood on US Highway 85, ◆ to North Dakota. TATANKA: STORY OF THE BISON Tradition centers on the pine-covered ◆ The Badlands, a maze of buttes and affords visitors a view of spectacular, “paha sapa” or BLACK HILLS. Many Oyate (oh-YAH-tay) in the Dakota/ spires, were originally named “mako larger-than-life bronze sculptures of the Great Plains tribes believe the Lakota language means a people or sica” meaning “land bad” by the Lakota. featuring 14 bison pursued by three story of their creation begins in these nation. Ochanku (oh-CHANG-koo) Created by a million years of erosion, Native American horseback riders. The beautiful mountains. At the highest ◆ BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK means well-traveled road. Thus, the hands-on Interpretive Center depicts OYATE TRAIL point, the Black Hills reaches 7,242 Oyate Ochanku or means stretches 244,000 acres with the history of bison in North America. feet. This apex, Harney Peak, is located “a well traveled road of nations.” The ◆ WILDERNESS approximately 120,000 acres located on www.storyofthebison.com 388-mile highway, stretching from within the , the Pine Ridge Reservation. Vermillion to Edgemont, offers off- named for the Lakota leader who had a www.nps.gov/badl the-interstate travelers unique cultural great vision in the area. and historical opportunities on South www.blackhillsbadlands.com Landmarks tied to the Sioux Nation Dakota highways 18 and 50 (courtesy also take on the form of great leaders. At the northeastern end of the Black ◆ of Oyate Trail, Winner, South Dakota, in the Hills, near Sturgis, stands “mato www.oyatetrail.com). ◆ BEAR BUTTE Black Hills is a sculptural depiction paha” or . This site of the legendary Lakota leader, Crazy ◆ NICOLLET TOWER AND holds great spiritual significance for Horse. Crazy Horse’s nine-story-high INTREPRETIVE CENTER (not affiliated several Plains Indian tribes. Today, face has been completed, and work with the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate). Bear Butte is a state park and a site for continues on the rest of the colossal To view the area’s characteristic prairie religious ceremonies and vision quests. mountain carving. Visitors can see hills, visit the Nicollet Tower and Visitors may hike the sacred mountain, the carving-in-progress and visit Interpretive Center west of Sisseton but a stop at the Visitors Center first the INDIAN MUSEUM OF NORTH in northeastern South Dakota. The for an orientation is recommended. AMERICA at Crazy Horse Memorial 75-foot tower, named for mapmaker While hiking, visitors may see bits of near Custer. Harney Peak Joseph N. Nicollet, offers a tri-state colorful cloth in the trees. These prayer www.crazyhorsememorial.org view. In 1839, Nicollet, a Frenchman, cloths represent the prayers offered by worshipers and should not be disturbed.

48 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 49 Native American Art MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & GIFT SHOPS

For generations, Native Americans have passed on their rich artistic traditions, SHOP WISELY – knowledge and skills. Native American TIPS FOR BUYING culture is woven into the fabric of South Dakota’s heritage. Dakota, Lakota 1 WHEN PURCHASING FROM and Nakota art colors our homes, A DEALER, SHOP WISELY schools, businesses and museums. AND CHOOSE ONE WITH A GOOD REPUTATION. Treasured artifacts blend with modern 2 REQUEST A WRITTEN Native American art in museums and GUARANTEE OR galleries across South Dakota. From WRITTEN VERIFICATION brightly-colored beadwork to finely- OF AUTHENTICITY. crafted horse dance sticks, each piece contributes to the ongoing story of the 3 GET A RECEIPT THAT Dakota, Lakota and Nakota people. INCLUDES ALL THE VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT With help from these listings, YOUR PURCHASE, visitors can find Native American INCLUDING PRICE, displays in museums, galleries, MAKER AND MAKER’S visitor centers and retail shops across TRIBAL AFFILIATION. the state, and locations that offer Native American art for sale. 4 FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH DIFFERENT PURCHASING AUTHENTIC ART MATERIALS AND TYPES OF NATIVE AMERICAN Under the Indian Arts and Crafts ARTS AND CRAFTS, AS Act, all Native American/Alaska WELL AS THE INDICATORS Native art and crafts products must OF A WELL-MADE, be marketed truthfully regarding the HANDCRAFTED PIECE. Native American heritage and tribal affiliation of the artist or craftsperson. 5 REALIZE THAT AUTHENTIC, HANDMADE PIECES MAY BE EXPENSIVE. IF A PRICE SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, BE SURE TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEM AND ITS MAKER.

Taken from the U.S. Department of Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board. www.iacb.doi.gov

Akta50 LakotaNATIVE Museum, SOUTH ChamberlainDAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 51 Native American Art MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & GIFT SHOPS

◆ ◆ FREEMAN PREHISTORIC INDIAN VILLAGE & OLD COURTHOUSE MUSEUM ARCHEODOME 200 W. Sixth St. Eastern South Dakota ◆ HERITAGE HALL MUSEUM 3200 Indian Village Road Sioux Falls, SD 57104 AND ARCHIVES ABERDEEN PO Box 621 605-367-4210 Freeman Academy ◆ Mitchell, SD 57301 www.siouxlandmuseums.com DACOTAH PRAIRIE MUSEUM 748 S. Main 605-996-5473 21 S. Main St. Freeman, SD 57029 www.mitchellindianvillage.com ◆ PETTIGREW HOME AND MUSEUM Aberdeen, SD 57401 605-925-4237 or 605-925-7577 605-626-7117 131 N. Duluth Ave. www.heritagehallmuseum.com ◆ www.dacotahprairiemuseum.com WORLD’S ONLY CORN PALACE Sioux Falls, SD 57104 604 N. Main, PO Box 1026 605-367-7097 HURON BRITTON Mitchell, SD 57301 www.siouxlandmuseums.com ◆ DAKOTALAND MUSEUM 605-996-6223 or 866-273-2676 ◆ MARSHALL COUNTY PRAYER South Dakota State Fairgrounds www.cornpalace.org ◆ PRAIRIE STAR GALLERY ROCK MUSEUM Third Street S.W. 207 S. Phillips Ave. 723 Main Street Huron, SD 57350 MOBRIDGE Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Britton, SD 57430 605-352-4626 605-338-9300 605-448-2620 ◆ KLEIN MUSEUM www.prairiestar.com 1820 W. Grand Crossing IPSWICH BROOKINGS Mobridge, SD 57601 VERMILLION ◆ J.W. PARMLEY HISTORICAL HOME 605-845-7243 ◆ SOUTH DAKOTA ART MUSEUM Museum & Land Office www.mobridgekleinmuseum.com ◆ W.H. OVER MUSEUM South Dakota State University Campus 319 Fourth St. University of South Dakota 936 Medary Ave. Ipswich, SD 57451 ◆ SCHERR-HOWE ARENA 1110 Ratingen St. Brookings, SD 57007 605-426-6580 212 N. Main St. Vermillion, SD 57069 605-688-5423 www.ipswich-sd.com Mobridge, SD 57601 605-677-5228 www.southdakotaartmuseum.com 605-845-3700 or 605-845-2387 www.whovermuseum.org LAKE CITY CHAMBERLAIN ◆ STATE PIERRE YANKTON ◆ AKTA LAKOTA MUSEUM HISTORICAL PARK ◆ CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER & ◆ DAKOTA TERRITORIAL MUSEUM St. Joseph’s Indian School Visitor Center &Art Gallery SOUTH DAKOTA HERITAGE STORE 610 Summit 1301 N. Main St. th 11907 434 Ave 900 Governor’s Drive Yankton, SD 57078 Chamberlain, SD 57325 Lake City, SD 57247 Pierre, SD 57501 605-665-3898 605-234-3354 or 800-798-3452 605-448-5474 605-773-3458 www.dakotaterritorialmuseum.org www.aktalakota.org gfp.sd.gov/state-parks www.history.sd.gov

◆ AL’S OASIS MITCHELL SIOUX FALLS I-90 Exit 260 Oacoma, SD 57362 ◆ CARNEGIE RESOURCE CENTER ◆ CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES rd 605-234-6051 119 W. 3 Ave. Augustana College www.alsoasis.com Mitchell, SD 57301 2121 S. Summit Ave., Fantle Bldg. 605-996-3209 or 605-996-2723 Sioux Falls, SD 57197 FLANDREAU www.mitchellcarnegie.com 605-274-4007 www.augie.edu/CWS/ FOUR WINDS CULTURAL CENTER ◆ DAKOTA DISCOVERY MUSEUM Flandreau Indian School Dakota Wesleyan University Campus ◆ WASHINGTON PAVILION OF ARTS 1000 N. Crescent 1300 McGovern Ave. AND SCIENCES Flandreau, SD 57028 Mitchell, SD 57301 301 S. Main Ave. 605-997-3773 605-996-2122 Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Cultural Heritage Center, Pierre www.dakotadiscovery.com 605-367-6000 www.washingtonpavilion.org 52 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 53 Native American Art MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & GIFT SHOPS

CRAZY HORSE Western South Dakota ◆ INDIAN MUSEUM OF NORTH BADLANDS AMERICA AT CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL 12151 Avenue of the Chiefs ◆ BEN REIFEL VISITOR CENTER Crazy Horse, SD 57730-8900 Badlands National Park 605-673-4681 Exit 131 on I-90 www.crazyhorsememorial.org Interior, SD 57750 605-433-5361 CUSTER www.nps.gov/badl ◆ THE ARTCRAFTERS ◆ 436 Mount Rushmore Road CEDAR PASS LODGE Badlands National Park Custer, SD 57730 20681 Highway 240 605-673-4121 Interior, SD 57750 ◆ 605-433-5460 RAINBOW HILLS GIFT SHOP AT THE www.cedarpasslodge.com CATTLEMAN’S RESTAURANT 140 Mount Rushmore Road OGLALA ARTS CENTER Custer, SD 57730 605-441-9790 605-673-4402 Located on Pine Ridge Reservation ◆ in the Cuny Table area. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF By appointment only. WOODCARVING 12111 Highway 16 West WHITE RIVER VISITOR CENTER Custer, SD 57730 Badlands National Park 605-673-4404 Southwest of Interior/Intersection of www.blackhills.com/woodcarving BIA Roads 27 and 2 605-455-2878 www.nps.gov/badl ◆ COOLIDGE GENERAL STORE 13389 US Hwy 16A BATESLAND Custer, SD 57730 WAKPAMNI GALLERY AND GIFTS 605-255-4541 AND B&B www.custerresorts.com US Hwy 18 ◆ Batesland, SD 57716 BLUE BELL LODGE STORE 605-288-1800 25453 SD Hwy 87 www.wakpamni.com Custer 57730 605-255-4531 BELLE FOURCHE www.custerresorts.com ◆ TRI-STATE MUSEUM ◆ STATE GAME LODGE GIFT SHOP 415 Fifth Ave. 13389 US Hwy 16A Belle Fourche, SD 57717 Custer, SD 57730 605-723-1200 605-255-4541 www.thetristatemuseum.com www.custerresorts.com

The54 JourneyNATIVE Museum, SOUTH Rapid DAKOTA City A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 55 Native American Art MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & GIFT SHOPS

DEADWOOD ◆ VERENDRYE MUSEUM ◆ THE INDIANS MARTIN ◆ 115 Deadwood, PO Box 643 141 Winter St. ◆ ADAMS MUSEUM SECURITY FIRST BANK 54 Sherman St. Fort Pierre, SD 57532 Keystone, SD 57751 401 3rd Ave. Deadwood, SD 57732 605-223-7603 605-666-4864 Martin, SD 57551 605-578-1714 www.theindianskeystone.com 605-685-6776 www.deadwoodhistory.com HILL CITY ◆ MOUNT RUSHMORE ◆ MOUNT RUSHMORE MEMORIES MISSION GIFT SHOP CONCESSION AT DUPREE 263 Main St. MOUNT RUSHMORE MEMORIAL SOLDIER WOMAN ART AND GIFT Hill City, SD 57745 SIOUX YMCA 13000 Hwy 244 GALLERY 605-385-0251 1 B St. Keystone, SD 57751 100 Hwy 83 S. www.facebook.com/ Dupree, SD 57623 605-574-2515 Mission, SD 57555 mountrushmorememories 605-365-5232 www.mtrushmorememorial.com 605-856-4774 www.siouxymca.org www.soldierwomangallery.com ◆ SWALLOW GALLERY ◆ THE RUBY HOUSE 280 Main St. EAGLE BUTTE PO Box 134, 124 Winter St. SINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY ART Hill City, SD 57745 INSTITUTE AND GALLERY HVJ LAKOTA CULTURAL CENTER Keystone, SD 57751 605-574-9505 or 605-642-7847 Mission, SD 57555 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 605-666-4404 www.sandyswallowgallery.com 605-856-8123 Hwy 212 www.rubyhousekeystone.com Located one block south of the junction Eagle Butte, SD 57625 HOT SPRINGS of Hwys 18 and 83. 605-964-2542 KYLE ◆ BLACK HILLS BOOKS & TREASURES www.nativediscovery.org PINE RIDGE CHAMBER VISITOR CENTER 112 S. Chicago St. SINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY West of Kyle on BIA Road 2 BOOKSTORE NORTHERN PLAINS ART Hot Springs, SD 57747 Kyle, SD 57752 EAST HWY 18 16329 2045th Ave. 605-745-5545 605-455-2685 386 W. Second St. Eagle Butte, SD 57625 www.blackhills-books.com www.pineridgechamber.com Mission, SD 57555 605-964-4728 ◆ SHAMAN GALLERY 605-856-8110, ext. 4 or 605-856-8272 RED OWL GALLERY 405 N. River St. www.sintegleska.edu PLAINS DEPARTMENT STORE 3 miles east of Kyle, six miles north on Hwy 212 Hot Springs, SD 57747 Bombing Range Road WHITE HORSE HERBS AND TRADING Eagle Butte, SD 57625 605-745-6602 Kyle, SD 57752 COMPANY 605-964-4610 www.shamangallery.com 605-455-2814 or 605-407-0773 386 W. 2nd St. www.lakotamall.com Mission, SD 57555 FORT MEADE KEYSTONE ◆ 605-856-4125 ◆ FORT MEADE MUSEUM BLACK HILLS SOUVENIRS & GIFTS LEMMON 207 Winter St. Bldg. 55 ◆ GRAND RIVER MUSEUM PINE RIDGE Keystone, SD 57751 Fort Meade, SD 57741 th 114 10 St. W. THE HERITAGE CENTER 605-347-9822 605-666-4816 Lemmon, SD 57638 Red Cloud Indian School www.fortmeademuseum.org www.bhgifts.com 605-374-7574 100 Mission Dr. www.grandrivermuseum.org/index.htm Pine Ridge, SD 57770 FORT PIERRE/LOWER BRULE ◆ EMPORIUM 160 Winter St. 605-867-5491 or 605-867-1105 MANDERSON THE LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE Keystone, SD 57751 www.redcloudschool.org BUFFALO INTERPRETATIVE CENTER 605-666-4836 SINGING HORSE TRADING POST 29349 Hwy 1806 7 miles north of Manderson Fort Pierre, SD 57532 Porcupine, SD 57772 605-323-2260 605-455-2143 www.singinghorse.net

56 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 57 Native American Art MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & GIFT SHOPS

RAPID CITY ◆ SIOUX TRADING POST TIMBER LAKE th ◆ HOTEL ALEX JOHNSON & 415 6 St. TIMBER LAKE & AREA MUSEUM MERCANTILE Rapid City, SD 57701 1910 Historic Main St. 523 6th St. 605-348-4822 Timber Lake, SD 57656 Rapid City, SD 57701 www.siouxtrading.com 605-865-3553 or 605-865-3546 605-342-1210 www.timberlakehistory.org www.alexjohnson.com SAINT FRANCIS BUECHEL MEMORIAL LAKOTA MUSEUM WALL ◆ DAHL ARTS CENTER 350 S. Oak St., PO Box 499 ◆ LAKOTA WAYS 713 7th St. Saint Francis, SD 57572 600 Main St. Rapid City, SD 57701 605-747-2745 Wall, SD 57790 605-394-4101 www.sfmission.org/museum/ 605-279-1056 www.thedahl.org www.lakotaways.com SPEARFISH ◆ DAKOTA DRUM COMPANY ◆ HIGH PLAINS GALLERY ◆ WALL DRUG STORE 603 Main St. 621 N. Main St. 510 Main St. Rapid City, SD 57701 Spearfish, SD 57783 Wall, SD 57790 605-348-2421 or 866-578-5534 605-642-3051 605-279-2175 www.dakotadrum.com www.walldrug.com

◆ HIGH PLAINS WESTERN HERITAGE ◆ THE JOURNEY MUSEUM CENTER ◆ WALL TRADING POST 222 St. 825 Heritage Drive, PO Box 524 513 Main St. Rapid City, SD 57701 I-90 Exit 14 South Wall, SD 57790 605-394-6923 Spearfish, SD 57783 605-279-2297 www.journeymuseum.org 605-642-9378 ◆ www.westernheritagecenter.com/ WOUNDED KNEE MUSEUM ◆ MUSEUM OF THE 600 Main St. 607 St. Joseph Ave. ◆ THE SWALLOWS NEST Wall, SD 57790 Rapid City, SD 57701 415 N. Tinton Rd. 605-279-2573 605-716-3266 Spearfish, SD 57783 www.woundedkneemuseum.org www.bisonmuseum.org 605-642-7847 [email protected] ◆ PRAIRIE EDGE TRADING COMPANY

AND GALLERIES STURGIS 606 Main St. ◆ Rapid City, SD 57701 BEAR BUTTE STATE PARK VISITOR 605-342-3086 or 800-541-2388 CENTER www.prairieedge.com 20250 Hwy 79 Sturgis, SD 57785 ◆ SIOUX POTTERY AND CRAFTS 605-347-5240 1441 E. St. Francis St. gfp.sd.gov/state-parks Rapid City, SD 57701 605-341-3657 or 800-657-4366 www.siouxpottery.com

Prairie Edge Trading Company and Galleries, Rapid City 58 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 59 Powwows & Celebrations

Colorful finery, elaborate feather work and dancers sit. The center area, or and intricate beadwork describe the arena, is reserved for the dancing. visual atmosphere of a powwow or “wacipi” (Dakota, Lakota and Nakota Dances are either for men or women, for “dance,” pronounced WA CHEE and competitions are divided into PEE). Spirited drumming and singing age categories. The dancers move in a fill the air as dancers complete their clockwise direction which represents fancy footwork. Many of today’s the circle of unity and the never-ending powwows feature competitions in cycle of life. Singers are usually under categories such as traditional, fancy or adjacent to the shade or covered and jingle-dress dancing. During area between the audience and the the intertribal dance, spectators have dance arena. Powwow singers and a chance to enter the dance ring. drummers play a very important part Vendors at powwows provide an of the celebration, providing rhythm opportunity for visitors to sample for the dancers. They sing many types foods like Indian tacos, fry bread of songs, including honor and family, and “wojapi,” a fruit sauce or jam. war and conquest, joy, encouragement, humor and mourning. Attire worn by The wacipi, as practiced in the Plains a dancer is called regalia and should region, is a social event which can not be referred to as a costume. last from one to several days and Development of a dancer’s regalia often is a time when Dakota, Lakota takes years to create and may include and Nakota tribal people conduct gifts which have deep meaning. honorings, give-a-ways and family gatherings. Friends meet, camp, visit Catch the spirit at one of these or and reconnect as tribal nations. During many other wacipi celebrations the summer months, the celebration across the state. When attending, is usually held outdoors with a shade please remember to be respectful. or covered area where the audience

Powwow

60 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 61 Powwows & Celebrations

KENEL MEMORIAL DAY POWWOW Late May, Kenel 701-854-8500 or 701-854-8718

SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE WACIPI Early July, Sisseton 605-698-4972

FLANDREAU SANTEE ANNUAL TRADITIONAL POWWOW Third weekend in July, Flandreau 605-997-3891 or 605-997-2870

FORT RANDALL POWWOW First weekend in August, Lake Andes 605-491-0489 or 800-365-6333

OGLALA NATION POWWOW AND RODEO First weekend in August, Pine Ridge 605-454-1348

KUL-WICASA OYATE FAIR AND CONTEST POWWOW Second weekend in August, Lower Brule Fair Grounds 605-473-0561

CROW CREEK SIOUX TRIBE ANNUAL POWWOW AND RODEO ◆ GATHERING OF THE WAKANYEJA Third weekend in August, Fort Thompson Mid-September, St. Joseph Indian School 605-245-2221 in Chamberlain 605-734-3475 or 605-734-3300 ROSEBUD FAIR RODEO AND CONTEST POWWOW ◆ BLACK HILLS POWWOW: HE SAPA Fourth weekend in August, Rosebud WACIPI NA OSKATE 605-747-2381 Early October, Rapid City 605-341-0925 CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE FAIR, RODEO & POWWOW Early September, Eagle Butte Many powwows are held at the same 605-538-4477 time each year; however, it’s best to call ahead to verify dates and times. This ◆ NORTHERN PLAINS TRIBAL ARTS is only a partial listing. For additional POWWOW & ART SHOW information about the events listed Mid-September, Sioux Falls above and for other powwows, 605-856-8193 www.sdtribalrelations.com

62 NATIVE SOUTH DAKOTA A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 63 Tribal Casinos

FORT RANDALL CASINO, PRAIRIE WIND CASINO, Many of South Dakota’s tribes operate HOTEL & RESTAURANT HOTEL & RESTAURANT casinos. In addition to gaming, the Located on Hwy 46, 10 miles west of Located 12 miles east of Oelrichs and casinos offer entertainment, motels Wagner or three miles east of Pickstown 30 miles west of Pine Ridge on US Hwy 18 and RV parks, and good food at great 605-487-7871 800-705-9463 or 605-867-6300 prices. If you like to gamble a bit, one www.fortrandallcasino.com www.prairiewindcasino.com of these tribal casinos is a sure bet. Gaming: slots, Blackjack, poker, bingo Gaming: slots, Blackjack, poker, bingo Dining: restaurant and lounge Dining: Winds of Change Restaurant DAKOTA CONNECTION CASINO Lodging: 57 rooms, 800-362-6333 for Lodging: 78 rooms, swimming pool, 46102 Cty Hwy 10, Sisseton reservations fitness center 605-698-4273 Casino owned by the Yankton Sioux Tribe Live entertainment www.dakotaconnection.com Casino owned by the Oglala Sioux Tribe Gaming: slots, bingo, Blackjack GOLDEN BUFFALO CASINO & MOTEL Dining: Crossroads Restaurant 321 Sitting Bull St., Lower Brule EAST WIND CASINO Convenience store, gift shop, 605-473-5577 East of Martin on US Hwy 18 RV parking, fuel www.lbst.org Owned by the Oglala Sioux Tribe Casino owned by the Sisseton Gaming: slots, video Blackjack, 605-685-1140 Wahpeton Oyate poker, video poker and “let it ride” Gaming: 100 Vegas-style machines Dining: restaurant and bar Dining: Deli/snack bar, soft drinks DAKOTA SIOUX CASINO & HOTEL Lodging: Golden Buffalo Motel, 38 rooms www.eastwindcasino.com 16415 Sioux Conifer Road, Watertown Casino owned by the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 605-882-2051 or 877-250-2121 ROSEBUD CASINO & QUALITY INN HOTEL www.dakotasioux.com GRAND RIVER CASINO & RESORT Located 21 miles south of Mission on Hwy 83 Gaming: slots, Blackjack, poker Located two miles west of 800-786-ROSE or 605-378-3800 tournaments Mobridge on Hwy 12 Gaming: slots, Blackjack, poker, bingo Dining: buffet, deli, lounge and 605-845-7104 or 800-475-3321 Dining: Rosebud Room, lounge service bar www.grandrivercasino.com Lodging: Quality Inn Hotel, 60 rooms, Lodging: 92 rooms Gaming: Las Vegas style gambling, 605-378-3360 for reservations Convenience store, gift shop, RV parking slots, Blackjack, poker Fuel plaza, convention center, Casino owned by the Sisseton Dining: River’s Edge Restaurant, lounge live entertainment Wahpeton Oyate Lodging: 40 rooms, 6 cabins Casino owned by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Casino owned by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe DAKOTA MAGIC CASINO ROYAL RIVER CASINO & HOTEL 16849 102nd St., SE, Hankinson, ND LODE STAR CASINO & HOTEL 607 S. Veterans St., Flandreau 701-634-3201 or 800-325-6825 1003 SD Hwy 47, Fort Thompson 800-833-8666 www.dakotamagic.com 605-245-6000 or 888-268-1360 www.royalrivercasino.com Gaming: slots, Blackjack, www.lodecasino.com Gaming: slots, Blackjack, poker, poker, craps, roulette Gaming: slots, Blackjack, poker off-track betting Dining: buffet, grille, bar Dining: restaurant and lounge Dining: River’s Bend Restaurant, lounge Lodging: 157 rooms Lodging: 50 rooms Lodging: 120 rooms 18-hole golf course, RV Parking, gift shop Gift shop, live entertainment RV park and entertainment center Casino owned by the Casino owned by the Flandreau Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Santee Sioux Tribe

Royal64 RiverNATIVE Casino SOUTH & Hotel, DAKOTA Flandreau A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 65 Tribal Listings Regional Tourism Associations

CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE ◆ The four South Dakota Regional GLACIAL LAKES & PRAIRIES PO Box 590, Eagle Butte, SD 57625 Box 244 Tourism Associations are also a source 605-964-4155 fax: 605-964-4151 Watertown, SD 57201 www.sioux.org of information concerning travel on 605-886-7305 reservations and tribal lands. [email protected] CROW CREEK SIOUX TRIBE www.sdglaciallakes.com ◆ BLACK HILLS & BADLANDS PO Box 50, Fort Thompson, SD 1851 Discovery Circle 57339 ◆ SOUTH DAKOTA MISSOURI RIVER Rapid City, SD 57701 605-245-2221 fax: 605-245-2470 Box 786 605-355-3600 crowcreekconnections.org Pierre, SD 57501 [email protected] 605-224-4617 www.blackhillsbadlands.com FLANDREAU SANTEE SIOUX TRIBE [email protected] PO Box 283, Flandreau, SD 57028-0283 www.sdmissouririver.com ◆ SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA 605-997-3512 fax: 605-997-3891 1101 Broadway, Suite 113 fsst.org Yankton, SD 57078 605-665-2435 LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE [email protected] PO Box 187, Lower Brule, SD 57548 www.southeastsouthdakota.com 605-473-5561 fax: 605-473-5606 lbst.org

OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE PO Box 2070, Pine Ridge, SD 57770 605-867-5821 fax: 605-867-6076 www.oglalalakotanation.org

ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE PO Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570 605-747-2381 fax: 605-747-2243 www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov

SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE PO Box 509, Agency Village, SD 57262 605-698-3911 fax: 605-698-3708 www.swo-nsn.gov Tribal Tourism website: www.oyatetourism.com

STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE Box D, Fort Yates, ND 58538 701-854-8500 fax: 701-854-7299 www.standingrock.org

YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE PO Box 1153, Wagner, SD 57380 Native American star quilt 605-384-3641 fax: 605-384-5687 www.yanktonsiouxtribe.com

Lower66 BruleNATIVE Sioux SOUTH Tribe DAKOTA Headquarters A TRAVEL GUIDE TO TRIBAL LANDS 67 This brochure was produced by the South Dakota Department of Tourism with contributions from:

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Oglala Sioux Tribe Rosebud Sioux Tribe Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Yankton Sioux Tribe

Additional information was provided by:

South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations South Dakota State Historical Society South Dakota Attorney General’s Office Native Discovery The Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place R. James Walker: Diagram of the Seven Council Fires, The Structure of Society p. 15

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