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  Pine Ridge Reservation Art and School Supplies Fundraiser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Pine Ridge Reservation was created in 1878 and the Oglala Souix tribe was forced on to the reservation by the US Army.
The infant mortality rate on Pine Ridge Reservation is double that of the Caucasian population.
on Pine Ridge Reservation lands is extremely difficult due to the fact the land is held in trust and the beauracratic red tape.
www.megagear.com /category_s/26.htm   (1420 words)

  
  The Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
To the north of the wooded area are approximately 160,000 acres of badlands, characterized by roughly eroded ridges, peaks, and mesas.
The Reservation is located in southwestern South Dakota with Fall River and Custer County lines as the western border with the Badlands and Jackson County as the northern border joining the Rosebud Reservation on the northeast corner.
Pine Ridge community, in the southwestern corner of the reservation, is the administrative headquarters for the Service Unit, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Tribal Government, and state agencies.
www.lakotamall.com /oglalasiouxtribe/the_area.htm   (1607 words)

  
 New business spirit at Pine Ridge : ICT [2002/08/02]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
PINE RIDGE RESERVATION, S.D. ヨ A silent revolution is underway on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Shannon County, located on the Pine Ridge Reservation, for years has harbored the dubious distinction as the poorest county in the nation.
A newly formed Chamber of Commerce on the Pine Ridge Reservation is only a year old, but is as active or even more so than ones that have been in existence for years.
www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1028294760   (1024 words)

  
 OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE community profile
Pine Ridge Reservation was originally part of the Great Sioux Reservation which was created by treaty with the U.S. Government in 1868.
This reduction of Tribal lands to a reservation with defined boundaries by the U.S. Congress in the Act of March 2, 1889, which identified all the Lakota/Dakota reservations, is known as the Great Sioux Settlement.
Of all the reservations in the Dakotas, Pine Ridge is the one most noted on the National level.
www.mnisose.org /profiles/oglala.htm   (2689 words)

  
 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Oglala Oyanke in Lakota) is an Oglala Sioux Native American reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Pine Ridge was established in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border and consists of 8,984.306 km² (3,468.86 sq mi) of land area, the eighth-largest reservation in the United States, larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
Pine Ridge Reservation was originally part of the Great Sioux Reservation established in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 and originally encompassed approximately 60 million acres (240,000 km²) of parts of South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pine_Ridge_Reservation   (917 words)

  
 Pine Ridge Pottery, South Dakota - ©2002 - Wisconsin Pottery Association
The Pine Ridge Indian reservation, established in 1890, is located in southwestern South Dakota.
Much of her time seems to have been spent at the Pine Ridge Reservation teaching a course designed for ceramics instructors - the course was usable for credit at UND and USD.
Pine Ridge produced a good variety of ware, much having geometric cream-colored slip decoration executed in sgraffito (glaze applied then scratched away in decorative patterns, revealing the clay underneath).
wisconsinpottery.org /PineRidge/press8-pineridge.htm   (940 words)

  
 ATSDR - Health Consultation - Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (a/k/a Cheyenne River Basin), Rapid City, Pennington ...
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota requested assistance from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to determine if exposure to possible contaminants in selected private well water and indoor air in the Sharps Corner/Porcupine area would adversely affect the health of area residents.
During April of 2000 the Pine Ridge IHS service unit collected radon samples from nine residences, of which eight were identified on the list of 16 cancer cases/decedents reported in the Sharps Corner/Porcupine area (See Table 1).
In Region 8 were Pine Ridge Reservation is located EPA has found uranium levels between 0.06-6 pCi/L. Because of the nature of uranium, not much of it gets into fish or vegetables; and most of the uranium livestock might ingest they quickly eliminate in urine and feces.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/pineridge/pin_p1.html   (4201 words)

  
 Telemedicine - Pine Ridge
Signals were transmitted from a portable satellite dish located in Pine Ridge to the ACTS satellite and bounced to Mayo Clinic Scottsdale where the signal was turned around and sent over a T-1 land line to Mayo Clinic Rochester.
The reactions of the participants were assessed with a structured questionnaire, and after the end of the transmission phase, all employees of the Pine Ridge Hospital, all community health representatives, and all Mayo Clinic participants were asked to complete a questionnaire.
Pine Ridge clinicians changed their course of management in two-thirds of the cases presented - one-third of the changes were reported as "major"
www.quasar.org /21698/nasa/pridge.html   (798 words)

  
 Plenty Pine Ridge Hemp
Pine Ridge is a large reservation-almost 5,000 square miles, encompassing three counties in southwestern South Dakota.
To top it off, while we were on the road to Pine Ridge, four tornadoes hit there, and two more the day of our arrival, destroying 24 homes and damaging many others.
Tom is a Mohawk Indian from the Akwesasne Reservation in New York, who went to Pine Ridge as a reporter for Akwesasne Notes (a well-respected Native paper with an international circulation) during the Wounded Knee Occupation in 1973.
www.plenty.org /pineridgehouse.htm   (2136 words)

  
 Pine Ridge
The second-largest Indian reservation in the United States, Pine Ridge was created by Congress in 1889.
Today the Reservation is but a tiny piece of land left from that guaranteed by earlier treaties.
What they do have is knowledge of reservation life, of living with a disability, and of surviving the bureaucracy of the white man. However, according to federal regulations, these real experiences do not qualify them as VR counselors.
members.tripod.com /dljmlight/DL/PineRidge.htm   (2012 words)

  
 The Arrogance of Ignorance; Hidden Away, Out of Sight and Out of Mind
The Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Indian Reservation sits in Bennett, Jackson, and Shannon Counties and is located in the southwest corner of South Dakota, fifty miles east of the Wyoming border.
According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The largest town on the Reservation is the village of Pine Ridge which has a population of approximately 5,720 people and is the administrative center for the Reservation.
www.silvrdrach.homestead.com /Schwartz_2006_Oct_15.html   (3103 words)

  
 Oglala Sioux - Constitution and Bylaws
Reserved Powers - Any rights and powers heretofore vested in the Oglala Sioux ?Tribe, but not expressly referred to in this constitution, shall not be abridged by this article, but may be exercised by the people of the Oglala Sioux Tribe through the adopting of appropriate by-laws and constitutional amendments.
Tribal lands - The unallotted lands of the Pine Ridge Reservation and all lands which may hereafter be acquired by the Oglala Sioux Tribe or by the United States in trust for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, shall be held as tribal lands, and no part of such land shall be mortgaged or sold.
Use of unassigned tribal land - Tribal land which is not leased or assigned, including tribal timber reserves, shall be managed by the tribal council for the benefit of the members of the entire tribe, and any cash income derived from such land shall accrue to the benefit of the tribe as a whole.
www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/oglala_constandbylaws.htm   (3753 words)

  
 Pine Ridge
Any growing season is beset with the occasional hailstorm, long periods of drought, plagues of grasshoppers, high winds, poor soil, early freezes at the end of summer, late thaws in the spring, and on and on.
Between 60% and 80% of babies born on the Reservation exhibit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome that contributes to retardation.
Tom Cook, Director of the Community Gardens project at Pine Ridge, reports that as of June, 476 gardens have been tilled and planted (the highest number since the project started in 1985) and the last of 25,000 vegetable seedlings have been passed out for planting.
www.plenty.org /pb18_3/pineridge183.html   (704 words)

  
 Pine Ridge Relief Project
The Pine Ridge Reservation of approximately 40,000 residents is one of the poorest places in the country with a median annual income of $2,600.
The infant mortality rate on the reservation is much higher than in the rest of the country, and the overall life expectancy of all ages is much lower.
Pine Ridge, South Dakota is considered the most impoverished community in the United States with a median income of $2600 annually, infant mortality rates 300% and diabetes and tuberculosis 800% higher than the national average, and elderly community members dying each winter from hypothermia.
www.simplebrilliance.com /pineridge.htm   (1306 words)

  
 Minneapolis Division FBI - Report for Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota
In September, 1976, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash's partially decomposed body was discovered in a remote area in the northeastern part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
On 09/04/75, the Pine Ridge, South Dakota Police Department received a telephone call from an unknown female who reported a fight and stabbing at the Le Roy Apple residence in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
Pine Ridge Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) police officers found the victim, Howard Blue Bird, lying in the kitchen.
minneapolis.fbi.gov /report.htm   (5551 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Pine Ridge Reservation (Images of America): Books: Donovin Arleigh Sprague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Established as the Pine Ridge Agency in southwestern South Dakota between Nebraska and the Black Hills in 1878, Pine Ridge became a reservation in 1889.
The history of the Pine Ridge Reservation is laden with both an awe-inspiring cultural heritage and the tragic effects of forced settlement on the reservation.
From the first visitors that arrived in the area to the reservation’s monumental struggles of the 20th century, author Donovin Arleigh Sprague examines the chronology of Pine Ridge through nearly 200 vintage images of the leaders, events, and moments that have shaped the reservation’s history.
www.amazon.com /Pine-Ridge-Reservation-Images-America/dp/0738533572   (1062 words)

  
 Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation
Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation is made up of individuals from across the globe who are interested in lending a hand to many reservation organizations in need and you are invited to peruse this site for some you would like to assist.
Pine Ridge Reservation, located in South Dakota, is home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and is 2,000,000 acres large with an estimated population of close to 40,000.
The reservation is large, and its needs immense, so it would be impossible for us to help individuals or individual families and do so equitably.
friendsofpineridgereservation.org   (403 words)

  
 Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota ~Lightworker~
The population is steadily rising, despite the severe conditions on the Reservation, as more and more Oglala Lakota return home from far-away cities in order to live within their societal values, be with their families, and assist with the revitalization of their culture and their Nation.
According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs report, the Pine Ridge Reservation schools are in the bottom 10% of school funding by U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Several of the banks and lending institutions nearest to the Reservation were recently targeted for investigation of fraudulent or predatory lending practices, with the citizens of the Pine Ridge Reservation as their victims.
www.unsolvedmysteries.com /usm467492.html   (2149 words)

  
 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Project | Missions :: Helping You Gain A Heart For The World | StudentJourney.org
We will be living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation which is in the southwest corner of South Dakota.
The reservation is affected deeply by issues of poverty, alcohol abuse and severe unemployment.
Leon Matthews pastors the Pine Ridge Gospel Fellowship and his invitation to us to walk among the Lakota people and experience the culture for the summer.
missions.studentjourney.org /project/pineridge   (476 words)

  
 Digital Scrapbook: Wounded Knee, South Dakota
The southern half of the Badlands National Park is part of the Pine Ridge reservation The reservation is known to the Lakota who live there as the Oglala Nation.
Literature we picked up in Pine Ridge indicates that the Lakota Sioux are not interested in the government's offer of money for their lands stolen from them in the Black Hills Act of 1877 when Congress took the Black Hills that they had given to the Indians in the Fort Laramie treaty of 1868.
We drove through the town of Pine Ridge and stopped to take pictures of this sculpture at the high school.
www.wmburgweb.com /DigitalScrapbooks/Travel98/PineRidge/pineridge.html   (817 words)

  
 Pine Ridge Stronghold Occupation
Pine Ridge Reservation is a potential source of zeolite, a mineral that government officials would like to see mined for use in plutonium waste repositories.
It is sad to say but this county that we are in, the main portion of the reservation Shannon County in the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Census is ranked #1 in impoverished counties in the U.S. and that is mind boggling.
He said the Pine Ridge activists may be the catalyst for nationwide change in tribal government.
www.alphacdc.com /treaty/pine_ridge.html   (7536 words)

  
 Excelsior Covenant Church Missions
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Southwest, South Dakota home to nearly 40,000 Oglala Lakota Sioux was chosen because of the desperate needs we saw when making an investigative trip there in February of 1998.
After having visited Pine Ridge, seeing the bone crushing poverty, sensing their despair, and learning about Lakota history, how the early, well-meaning missionaries proselytized these gentle people, we realized that a mission trip to Pine Ridge had to be custom made.
Please pray for this ongoing ministry, that we may be able to bring to the Lakota people a ray of hope, planting seeds of faith, as we, with joy, seek to serve this most forgotten people with Christ's unconditional love.
www.excelsior-covenant-church.org /pineridge.html   (929 words)

  
 Village Earth: The Consortium for Sustainable Village-Based Development
Home of the Oglala Lakota Nation, the Pine Ridge Reservation was established during the 1876 Fort Laramie Treaty and encompasses a territory of approximately 2 million acres of the Northern Great Plains grasslands in southwest South Dakota.
The Pine Ridge Reservation, with an average life expectancy of 55 is the lowest of anywhere in the western hemisphere outside of Haiti.
The housing problem on Pine Ridge is one of the worst in the nation, 39.1 percent of houses are overcrowded where the rest of South Dakota is only 3.1 percent.
www.villageearth.org /pages/Projects/Pine_Ridge/index.php   (1605 words)

  
 Pine Ridge Needleworkers
Pine Ridge Needleworkers is a grassroots group of folks in Delaware
The average yearly income on the Pine Ridge Reservation is under $4,000.
The reservation is peppered with one room, plywood structures.
hometown.aol.com /skyloom/needleworkers.html   (1084 words)

  
 Leonard Peltier Case | Statement About FBI Involvements On Pine Ridge Reservation
An unprecedented climate of fear and terror gripped the Pine Ridge Reservation for the next three years, due in large part to tensions between the more traditional Indians and those who were more politically, or governmentally, oriented.
FBI agents called to respond from their headquarters in Rapid City allowed the shooting to continue the entire night, stating that they were an investigatory, not an enforcement agency, thus heightening the perception on the reservation that the FBI had no sympathy for traditional Indian people.
Following the shooting, the reservation was turned upside down by the more than 300 combat-clad FBI agents, armored vehicles and helicopters that were sent in to find the perpetrators.
www.freepeltier.org /peltier11.htm   (696 words)

  
 Clinton focuses on poorest of poor, American Indians - July 7, 1999
An estimated 50 percent of American Indians are unemployed, and at Pine Ridge the problem is even more chronic -- 73 percent of the people do not have jobs.
"Pine Ridge is simply the poorest census tract in the nation," said Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, who visited the reservation in August 1998.
Pine Ridge, which is not far from Mount Rushmore, is the second largest Indian reservation in the United States.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/07/07/clinton.tour/index.html   (830 words)

  
 Lakota Reservation - Pine Ridge, SD - Belmont
Lakota Reservation - Pine Ridge, SD - Belmont
Pine Ridge, SD Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations: Caring for Native Americans, has been a very popular nursing elective.
  The program is conducted on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, an enviornment which fosters a combination of health learning, sociocultural experience and spiritual growth.
www.belmont.edu /nursing/get_involved/lakota_reservation.html   (186 words)

  
 Mission Works, Inc. - Where Can We Go? - Pine Ridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located in the southwestern corner of South Dakota, between the Badlands and the Black Hills.
It is one of the largest reservations in the country and situated in one of the poorest counties in America.
In addition, as much time is spent learning about reservation life and the Lakota culture/history through historical sightseeing and listening to the stories of those who have lived there for generations.
www.missionworks.info /WhereCanWeGo/PineRidge.htm   (165 words)

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