Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (South Dakota)

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located in Shannon and Jackson Counties in southwestern South Dakota.


 * Established -- 29 April 1868
 * Agency (BIA) -- Pine Ridge Agency
 * Principal tribes -- Brulé and Oglala Sioux, Northern Cheyenne
 * Population -- 2,383 (2000 census)

History
The Pine Ridge Reservation was established by Treaty of Apr. 29, 1868 (xv, 630) and by later executive orders and agreements.

In 1908 it consisted of 1,943,121 acres.

Records
Many of the records of individual Indians living on the Pine Ridge Reservation were kept by the Pine Ridge Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Others are kept by the Tribal Office.

Web Sites

 * Constitution of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota