Wounded Knee District

Wounded Knee District

Čhaŋkpé Opi Okášpe

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Executive Board

President – Phyllis Hollow Horn

Vice President – Donna Jumping Eagle

Secretary – Dakota High Hawk

Treasurer –Tamara Red Cloud

Sergeant-at-Arms – Alvin Little Moon

 

Staff

Facility Manager – Tim Steele

Office Manager – Amy Jumping Eagle

Data Clerk – Tamara Red Cloud

Administrative Assistant - Vacant

Maintenance – Anthony Tibbits

Federal Monitors – Samantha Janis & Alana Apple

 

Towns

Wounded Knee

Manderson

 

Stores

Singing Horse Trading Post (Lakota Craft Store)

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Fax:

Email:

Address:

HC 49 Box 285 



        

Pinky’s (Grocery Store)

Phone:

Address:

260 Po Box


Manderson, SD 57756


Communities

Past

Oyukpe: Headman – Red Dog

Wakan: Headman – Lone Elk

White Butte

White Horse: Headman – White Horse                                                                 

Wounded Knee: Headman – Wounded Knee

Grass Creek: Headman – John Grass

Present

Numbers due to the number system used in the past to identify the schools, which were located across the reservation, is used to identify communities.  The majority of the schools are not present today however; the number that identified the school is still present.

Number 1: Wounded Knee

Number 9: Manderson

Number 10: Spotted Owl

Number 11

Number 12: Crazy Horse Community

White Butte

Grass Creek

Schools

Wounded Knee District School (K-8^th Grade)

Phone:

Address:

Po Box 350


Manderson, SD
57756-0350        

Maps

Wounded Knee District within Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Acreage By Type

Tribal: 165,714.12

Tribal Reserve: 158.05

Allotted: 119,630.64

Fee: 26,026.79

Home sites: 415

Roads in miles: 133.96

 

Dots represent houses

Positive

Owe A’ku (Brining Back the Way)

Founded in 1997 by Alex and Debrah White Plume and their extended families.  A grassroots non-governmental social change organization dedicated to the preservation and revitalization of the Lakota Way of Life, 1851 & 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty Rights and Human Rights. 

Email:

            Website: http://bringbacktheway.com/default.htm

Address:

Owe Aku, Bring Back the Way                                                                    

P.O. Box 325

Manderson, South Dakota 57756-0325                                   

Negative

Gang Violence, Housing (ex. Overcrowding – too much people living in one house, not enough housing), trashy, teen pregnancy and alcoholism.

Construction around Wounded Knee and its impact on the local environment.

Cattle grazing along the White River corridor.

Cattlemen who live along the road and run cattle across different rights-of-way.

Lack of fencing and different cattle moving across units.

Horses in the Community.

With respect to road right-of-way, cattle are not fenced and there are accidents along the highway corridor.

“Open range” issue, with respect to the range units and management, is the cost of fencing in such an extensive area of authorizations.

There’s an association of the heirs of survivors but the issue is protection of the area vs. improvement of the area to make it more attractive for visitors.

BIA 33 in the south end is a poorly maintained road.

Historical Tidbits

Wounded Knee District School was also known as Red Dog School back in the 1950’s.

Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29, 1890) - A current National Historical Landmark where an estimated 300 Lakota men, women, and children were massacred by the U.S. 7^th Cavalry.

Wounded Knee Occupation (Feb. 27, 1973) - American Indian Movement activists occupied the town of Wounded Knee to bring about change within the Tribal Government.  Dick Wilson, OST president at them time, was accused of mistreatment and abuse of the Oglala people.  The U.S. Marshalls and FBI and AIM activists had a standoff for 71 days.

Crazy Horse – (Oglala Lakota War Chief). Some believe that Crazy Horse was buried alongside White Horse Creek.

Sources

Interview: Garfield Apple July 13, 2011

Interview: Georgine Looks Twice July 13, 2011

Book: Tiospayes – Unit 2. By Black Hills State University

Oglala Sioux Tribe Land Office: Maps

Wikipedia – Wounded Knee Massacre, Occupation, Town

Oglala Lakota Nation Website – www.OGlalalakotanation.org