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Oglala Lakota County (Shannon County), South Dakota

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Profiles

  • Sarah Stover (1878 - c.1911)
    Oglala Lakota Wanni-y-on-ni Do not confuse with Sarah Standing Bear, daughter of George Standing Bear of the Stone Sioux (1872-1924) Married Edward Stover Their children: Gertrude "Gertie", I...
  • Emily Louise Ferron (1892 - 1966)
    Sicangu (Brule) Sioux Married 1st: John Lone Dog, 1911 Their children: John 'Richard", Elizabeth, Clinton DeWitt and Francis Arron Lone Dog Married 2nd: Robert Giroux, 1917 Married 3rd: Louis...
  • Gertrude Desersa (1902 - 1925)
    Oglala Lakota Married Alexander Clement Desersa on July 5, 1918 in Bennett County, South Dakota Their children: Mayme/ Mamie Lenora Desersa, Chief Everett Eli Desersa, Clara Mable Desersa Unite...
  • Eugene Louis Stover (1927 - 1937)
    Oglala Lakota Even though his mother was white, Eugene and his siblings were considered Oglala. It was about blood quantum at this time rather than matriarchal enrollment. United States, Native...
  • John Louis Stover (1898 - 1947)
    Oglala Lakota Served in the US Naval Reserve Force (SD SIC USN RF WW 1) Enlisted: 5/10/1918 ; discharged: 9/30/1921 Married Grace June Schultz on August 15, 1924 in Kadoka, Jackson, South Dakot...

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota.

The county was created as a part of the Dakota Territory in 1875, although it remains unorganized and does not have a county seat. It is entirely within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and contains part of Badlands National Park. It is one of five South Dakota counties entirely on an Indian reservation.

The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in Oglala Lakota County in 1890.

The county is named after the Oglala Lakota, a band of the Lakota people. Many of the county's inhabitants are members of this sub-tribe. The county was originally named for Peter C. Shannon, Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court. Until 1982, Shannon County and Washabaugh County, South Dakota, were the last unorganized counties in the United States. Although it was organized and received a home rule charter that year, the county, as noted above, contracts with Fall River County for its Auditor, Treasurer, and Registrar of Deeds.

On November 4, 2014, voters in the county voted by a margin of 2,161 to 526 to rename Shannon County to Oglala Lakota County. The name change was ratified by the state legislature on March 5, 2015. May 1, 2015 was proclaimed by the governor as the official day for renaming the county.

Adjacent Counties

Towns & Communities

  • Batesland
  • Denby
  • Kyle
  • Manderson-White Horse Creek
  • Oglala
  • Pine Ridge
  • Porcupine
  • Red Shirt
  • Rockyford
  • Sharps Corner
  • Wounded Knee

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of South Dakota

Wikipedia

Badlands National Park (part)

Report on Historical Investigation of Wounded Knee Battlefield Site

Genealogy Trails

Woksape Tipi & Archives

Oglala Lakota Living History Village

Roots Web

RAOGK

Forebars.io



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