The area of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is 8,984.306 square kilometers.
Bozho (hello)The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located in South Dakota, home of the Ogala Sioux that consists of a 3,468,86 square mile area that is home to 28,787 Sioux Indians.David, member of The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Pine Ridge Reservation in southwest South Dakota is home to fewer than 20,000 people. The reservation is roughly 2 million acres--about the size of Connecticut. But ancestors of Pine Ridge's inhabitants once hunted buffalo in an area that stretched from Montana to Wisconsin.
The area of Pine Ridge National Recreation Area is 26.709 square kilometers.
The area of Flathead Indian Reservation is 5,020 square kilometers.
The area of Rosebud Indian Reservation is 5,103.214 square kilometers.
The area of Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve is 430.395 square kilometers.
The area of Cheyenne River Indian Reservation is 11,051.447 square kilometers.
The area of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is 2,626.415 square kilometers.
The area of Big Cypress Indian Reservation is 212.306 square kilometers.
The area of Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation is 314.754 square kilometers.
The Lower Brule Indian Reservation covers an area of approximately 422 square miles (1,093 square kilometers).
South Dakota was part of the Dakota Territory. South Dakota became a US state on November 2, 1889. Gold was found near Custer, SD in 1874. This discovery brought many settlers to the area. On December 29, 1890, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.