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The Best Attractions In Wounded Knee

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Wounded Knee Massacre Monument

Wildlife Loop Road

Loop Road

Iron Mountain Road

Badlands Wall

Jewel Cave National Monument

Needles Eye Tunnel

Wounded Knee is a census-designated place in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 382 at the 2010 census. The town is named for the Wounded Knee Creek which runs through the region. The bones and heart of the Sioux chief Crazy Horse were reputedly buried along this creek by his family following his death in 1877. The town lies within the Pine Ridge Reservation, territory of the Oglala Lakota .
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The Best Attractions In Wounded Knee

1. Wounded Knee Massacre Monument Wounded Knee
The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The previous day, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M. Whitside intercepted Spotted Elk's band of Miniconjou Lakota and 38 Hunkpapa Lakota near Porcupine Butte and escorted them 5 miles westward to Wounded Knee Creek, where they made camp. The remainder of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, led by Colonel James W. Forsyth, arrived and surrounded the encampment. The regiment was supported by a battery of four Hotchkiss mountain guns.On the morning of December 29, the U.S. Cavalry troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a...
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2. Loop Road Badlands National Park
3. Wildlife Loop Road Custer
4. Badlands Wall Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park is an American national park located in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects 242,756 acres of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles, along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States. The National Park Service manages the park, with the South Unit being co-managed with the Oglala Lakota tribe.The Badlands Wilderness protects 64,144 acres of the park as a designated wilderness area, and is one site where the black-footed ferret, one of the most endangered mammals in the world, was reintroduced to the wild. The South Unit, or Stronghold District, includes sites of 1890s Ghost Dances, a former United States Air Force bomb and gunnery range, and Red Shirt Table, the park's highest point at 3,340 feet .Authorized as Badlands National Monume...
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5. Iron Mountain Road Custer
U.S. Route 16A is a 36.971-mile-long scenic United States highway. It is an alternate route for US 16. It splits from US 16 in the Black Hills of the southwestern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The highway's western terminus is an intersection with US 16, US 385, and South Dakota Highway 89 in Custer, South Dakota. The eastern terminus is at an interchange with US 16 called the Keystone Wye south of Rapid City, South Dakota. Portions of US 16A are known as the Iron Mountain Road.
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6. Needles Eye Tunnel Custer
7. Jewel Cave National Monument Custer
Jewel Cave National Monument contains Jewel Cave, currently the third longest cave in the world, with 198.00 miles of mapped passageways. It is located approximately 13 miles west of the town of Custer in Black Hills of South Dakota. It became a national monument in 1908.
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Wounded Knee Videos

See the Black Hills in November 2017

Wounded Knee The Museum

Coming Soon 2010.

Along For The Ride in South Dakota: Stand Up

Karen never expected to find a new point of view in South Dakota. To this mother of three and wife to a military man, the value of a road trip vacation was about regaining lost family time. But somewhere between sunflower fields and forests of black pines she found a new pride in her husband’s service. From Minnesota to Keystone, ride along with one mother and her family as she learns that a road trip means coming together in more ways than one.

Director/Director of Photography - Chad Cooper
Producers - Justin Farmer, Joel Henning
Production Manager - Lisa Goepfrich
2nd Camera - Michael Langford
Editors - Chad Cooper, Mark Helenowski
Location Sound - Jared Simmons
Post-Production Sound - Michael Malerba
Original Music: Jordan Geiger, Kevin Schneider, Lucas Oswald and Taylor Holenbeck

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Motel 6 Wall - South Dakota in Wall SD

Rates: . . . . . . . .. .. ... . .. .. .. Motel 6 Wall - South Dakota 211 10th Street Wall SD 57790 Conveniently located off Interstate 90 and less than 7 miles from Badlands National Park, this Wall motel offers free Wi-Fi in every guest room. A seasonal outdoor swimming pool is featured on site. A flat-screen TV with cable channels is included in each room at Motel 6 Wall South Dakota. A work desk is also provided in every room. A children’s playground is located on site at Wall Motel 6. The reception desk and vending machines are available 24-hours a day. The Wall Municipal Airport, Wounded Knee Museum and US Game Fish & Parks Department Office are within 1 mile of this motel. Sleepyhollow Campground is less than 5 minutes’ walk away.

Cedar Pass Campground Area Tour, Badlands National Park, South Dakota (Trip 4 Vid 13)

I take a walk through Cedar Pass Campground all the way over to the Visitor Center and also take a birds eye view of the whole area.

University of South Dakota: The Final D-Days Video (2018)

This video documents the crazy week South Dakotans call Dakota Days (D-Days). It is by far one of the wildest parties i've ever experienced, so I thought to suit up and bring a camera around to the parties and document what I saw.

Instagram: @ByronBanasiak
Twitter: @extremebyron
Website: ByronBanasiak.com

Driving through South Dakota, Part 1: Oh, the Beauty! Oh, the Horror!

I drove down I-90 through South Dakota which, much like the rest of middle America, is flat with rolling hills and endless cornfields. The swirling snow that danced along the highway like a quasi-sentient fog was beautiful and terrifying.

Native American - Traditional War Dance

The Traditional War Dance is performed by Gary Wis-Ki-Ge-Amatyuk Jr. and his family comes from the Prairie Band Indian reservation in Kansas. The singer is Scott With Horn who is a Lakota Sioux and his family comes from the Crow Creek Reservation in Fort Thompson, South Dakota.

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Badlands National Park - State of South Dakota

You could hide out here forever, however not much to eat

Buffalo Soldiers - Service on the Frontier

As the United States moved westward, settlement and expansion hinged on protection by the military. Two African American cavalry regiments, known as the Buffalo Soldiers, were placed in the tense and tenuous position between Native Americans and European settlers. They also worked on infrastructure, like the railroads and telegraph lines that made westward expansion possible. For Buffalo Soldiers, military service offered the opportunity for a better life, and a greater level of independence and respect for their rights not yet widely found in American society.

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