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Fort Thompson (Lakota: Čunkičakše) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buffalo County, South Dakota, United States.The population was 1,282 at the 2010 census, making it the largest settlement on the Crow Creek Reservation.
The Fort Thompson Mounds are a complex of ancient archaeological sites in Buffalo County, South Dakota, near Fort Thompson and within the Crow Creek Reservation.Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 by the US Department of Interior, the mound complex extends for a distance of about 6 miles (9.7 km) along the east bank of the Missouri River.
The reservation and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is organized into three districts. The tribe runs its own school, the Crow Creek Tribal Schools system, with an elementary school at Fort Thompson and a K-12 boarding and day school at Stephan, approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Fort Thompson. The tribe leases most of its land for grazing to a ...
Christian Blackbird, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe ICWA Director, visits the Uchi House in Fort Thompson, South Dakota, on June 14, 2023. A new foster village remains unused at Crow Creek.
The national effort to protect Native American children from being removed from their families started in South Dakota. ... sits in his office at the ICWA Office in Fort Thompson on June 14, 2023.
The following is a list of forts in South Dakota. Forts in South Dakota ... Fort Thompson: Buffalo: 1864: Camp Turtle: Pennington: 1875: Used by the Newton–Jenney ...
Fort Thompson: Site partially lost under the Missouri River [2] Fire Cloud site 39BF237 Fort Thompson Cache pit containing ceramics, likely early 18th century [3] Fort Thompson Archeological District #86002738: Fort Thompson Big Bend Area MRA Fort Thompson Mounds: Fort Thompson Plains Woodland National Historic Landmark District: Old Quarry ...
Located near Fort Thompson, South Dakota, just south of the Big Bend of the Missouri River, a large meander, Big Bend Dam creates Lake Sharpe, named after South Dakota Governor Merrill Q. Sharpe. The lake extends for 80 miles (130 km) up the course of the Missouri River passing through Pierre , the State Capitol, to Oahe Dam , another major ...