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Wanblee, South Dakota, 1994

Wanblee, South Dakota, 1994
Birthplace of my mother and her older sister. If you've ever wondered what the middle of nowhere looks like, now you know.

Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation. On the back of this photo my mother wrote:

"Your Great Grandpa (Jacob Woods) was sent [in about 1900] to teach there. Some of the Sioux young men who attended the high school were terrific basketball players (Aaron Two Elk was one of them). Now, there is a very nice modern one, Crazy Horse School.
Wanblee from Hutchings' land. Eagle's Nest Butte in distance."
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From Wikipedia: "Wanbli is the Lakota word for eagle, and the town was named for its proximity to Wanbli hohpi paha (Eagle Nest Butte)."

Ronald Losure, Peter Van Lom, Diana Australis, Andy Rodker and 12 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club has replied
Haha - yes, that's a good way to put it, Peter!
6 years ago.
 polytropos
polytropos club
I assume the middle of nowhere nowadays looks similar to then.
Wanblee, a place to "wanna be"? I guess here they cannot profite a lot of the touristic area of Badlands National Park. It's too far away.
6 years ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club has replied
Like me, but my wife has the disease...
6 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club has replied
No tourists bother people in Wanblee! Thank you, poly!
6 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club has replied
Lol!
6 years ago.

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