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Facts about Tribes and Reservations

 

Pine Ridge Sioux Tribe

Red Cloud, an Oglala chief, was a respected warrior and statesman. From 1866-1868, he successfully led the flight to close off the Bozeman Trail, which passed through prime buffalo hunting grounds. Once settled at Pine Ridge, Red Cloud worked to establish a Jesuit-run school for Indian children. He is buried on a hill overlooking the Red Cloud Indian School, which was named in his honor.

In 1964, Billy Mills won the 10,000-meter race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. He was the first American ever to win that race, and he did it in record time. Billy Mills, an Oglala Lakota, was born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

 

 

 

 

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