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The Mahpiya Luta (Red Cloud) Heritage Center, located on the Pine Ridge Reservation, is home to the annual Red Cloud Art Show. The art show is the largest and longest-running Native art exhibition of its kind – and one of only a few held in a Native American community. Hundreds of artists from tribal nations across North America have shared their work through the Red Cloud Art Show, in categories ranging from painting and photography to beadwork and quillwork.
Just outside Badlands National Park, the Oglala Lakota Living History Village provides visitors with a picture of Lakota life through the decades. Local Oglala guides share historical facts and modern-day cultural knowledge as they take groups through the various types of housing structures utilized by the Lakota people. You’ll see firsthand how the dwellings were maintained and the conditions in which the people lived.
The Sisseton Wahpeton Wacipi is the second-oldest powwow in the country, celebrating its 155th anniversary in July 2023. South Dakota is also home to the annual Black Hills Powwow, one of the premier American Indian cultural events in the United States, welcoming thousands of dancers every year.
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Visitors can book the National Parks and Native Trails of the Dakotas tour here: https://www.trafalgar.com/en-us/tours/national-parks-and-native-trails-of-the-dakotas
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