Pine Ridge
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About Pine Ridge
Pine Ridge is a town in South Dakota and the tribal headquarters of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Pine Ridge travel guide
See
1 Wounded Knee Battlefield (just east of the town of Wounded Knee, northeast of Pine Ridge). The site of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890; over 250 Sioux were killed. There is a Wounded Knee Museum in nearby Wall. 2 The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School, 110 Mission Drive, ☏ +1 605 867-8257, [email protected]. Winter: Tu-Sa 9AM-6PM; Summer: M-Sa 8AM-6PM, Su 10AM-5PM. A museum of Lakota and other Native American cultures, art gallery, and gift shop. Free, donations welcome. (updated Mar 2017)
Do
Hunting for game such as ring-neck pheasant, giant Canada goose, deer, elk, buffalo, prairie dogs and turkeys.
Eat
Higher Ground Coffee Shop, ☏ +1 605 867-5685. (updated Apr 2021)
Drink & nightlife
Alcohol is illegal on the Pine Ridge Reservation, despite several efforts to permit it.
Sleep
1 Prairie Wind Casino and Hotel, 112 Casino Dr, ☏ +1-800-705-WIND (9463). (updated Jan 2020)
Go next
Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial, both near Custer. Badlands National Park contains the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.