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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
She has been a great steward of family history and I was always interested!
6 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club has replied
That is true, Gisela!
6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
I think you need to be a Cheyenne, Sioux or Arapaho (etc) to fully appreciated the bounties of the area as it once was!
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
Very interesting, Diane
6 years ago.
 Peter Van Lom
Peter Van Lom
Thanks for the information, cool.. It gives the nowhere some texture...
6 years ago.

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