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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of South Dakota.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 155 law enforcement agencies employing 1,636 sworn police officers, about 203 for each 100,000 residents.
Oglala Lakota County (known as Shannon County until May 2015) [2] is a county in southwestern South Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 13,672. [ 3 ] Oglala Lakota County does not have a functioning county seat ; Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. [ 1 ]
Oglala (Lakota: Oglála; [5] "he scatters his own") is a census-designated place (CDP) in West Oglala Lakota Unorganized Territory (civil township) equivalent, [6] Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,282 at the 2020 census. [7] Its location is in the northwest of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Manderson-White Horse Creek (Lakota: oyúȟpe; [5] the name of a band of the Oglala) is a census-designated place (CDP) in East Oglala Lakota Unorganized Territory (civil township equivalent) in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 554 at the 2020 census. [6] Oglala Lakota tribesman, Kicking Bear died
Pine Ridge (Lakota: wazíbló [4]) is a census-designated place (CDP) and the most populous community in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,138 at the 2020 census. [5] It is the tribal headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. [6]
Wounded Knee (Lakota: Čaŋkpé Opí [5]) is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 364 at the 2020 census. [6] The town is named for the Wounded Knee Creek which runs through the region. [7]
Kyle (Lakota: phežúta ȟaká; "Branched Medicine" [5]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. Its population was 943 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ] Located within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Lakota , it is one of two settlements which are closest to the North American ...
Gladys Bissonette, "the brave–hearted woman of Wounded Knee", was an Oglala Lakota elder who was one of the leaders of the traditional faction during the violent turmoil on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during the 1970s. Dick Wilson became Tribal Chairman in 1972 and began a "reign of terror" on the reservation.