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IUCN category II (
national park)
Location
Jackson, 
Pennington, and 
Shannon counties, 
South Dakota, 
U.S.Nearest city
Wall, South DakotaCoordinates
43°45′00″N 102°30′00″W / 43.75000°N 102.50000°W / 43.75000; -102.50000Coordinates: 
43°45′00″N 102°30′00″W / 43.75000°N 102.50000°W / 43.75000; -102.50000Area242,756 acres (98,240 ha)
[1]EstablishedJanuary 29, 1939 (1939-January-29) as a National MonumentNovember 10, 1978 as a National ParkVisitors870,741 (in 2011)
[2]Governing body
National Park ServiceMount Rushmore
Black Hills and Badlands
Badlands National ParkSculpture
Mount RushmoreCrazy HorseGeologic FormationsBadlands
NeedlesDevils TowerBear ButteSpearfish CanyonMountains
Harney PeakCaves
Wind CaveJewel CaveForestsCusterBlack HillsBlack ElkPrairie and 
GrasslandWind CaveBuffalo GapLakes
SylvanPactolavteBadlands National Park is a 
national park in southwestern 
South Dakota that protects 242,756 acres (98,240 ha)
[1] of sharply 
eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest undisturbed mixed 
grass prairie in the United States. The park is managed by the 
National Park Service.The 
Badlands Wilderness protects 64,144 acres (25,958 ha) of the park as a designated 
wilderness area[3] and is the site of the reintroduction of the 
black-footed ferret, the most 
endangered land 
mammal in 
North America.
[4]The Stronghold Unit is co-managed with the 
Oglala Lakota tribe and includes sites of 1890s 
Ghost Dances,
[5] a former 
United States Air Force bomb and gunnery range,
[6] and 
Red Shirt Table, the park's highest point at 3,340 feet (1,020 m).
[7] Authorized as Badlands National Monument on March 4, 1929, it was not established until January 25, 1939. It was redesignated a 
national park on November 10, 1978.
[8]Under the 
Mission 66 plan, the Ben Reifel Visitor Center was constructed for the monument in 1957–58. The park also administers the nearby 
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site.Contents [
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1 Prehistory1.1 Genera found in the area2 Human history2.1 Native Americans2.2 Fossil hunters2.3 Homesteaders2.4 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation3 Visiting the Park4 References5 External linksPrehistory[
edit]Genera found in the area[
edit]
Restoration of genera present in the formations, by 
Jay MatternesAlligator (
Crocodilian)
Archaeotherium (
Entelodont)
Dinictis (
Nimravid)
Eporeodon (
Oreodont)
Eusmilus (
Nimravid)
Hoplophoneus (
Nimravid)
Hyaenodon (
Creodont)
Hyracodon (
Running Rhino)
Ischyromys (
Ground Squirrel-like 
Rodent)
Leptomeryx (
Tragulid)
Merycoidodon (
Oreodont)
Metamynodon (
Aquatic Rhino)
Miniochoerus (
Oreodont)
Poebrotherium (
Camel)
Subhyracodon (
Rhinoceros)See also: 
White River Fauna for a list of fossil animals discovered in the 
formations that make up Badlands National Park and surrounding areas.Human history[
edit]Native Americans[
edit]
False-color satellite image of the park (
more information)For 11,000 years, 
Native Americans have used this area for their hunting grounds. Long before the 
Lakota were the little-studied 
paleo-Indians, followed by the 
Arikara people. Their descendants live today in 
North Dakota as a part of the 
Three Affiliated Tribes. Archaeological records combined with oral traditions indicate that these people camped in secluded valleys where fresh water and game were available year round. Eroding out of the stream banks today are the rocks and charcoal of their campfires, as well as the arrowheads and tools they used to butcher bison, rabbits, and other game. From the top of the 
Badlands Wall, they could scan the area for enemies and wandering herds. If hunting was good, they might hang on into winter, before retracing their way to their villages along the 
Missouri River. By one hundred and fifty years ago, the 
Great Sioux Nation consisting of seven bands including the Oglala Lakota, had displaced the other tribes from the northern prairie.The next great change came toward the end of the 19th century as 
homesteaders moved into 
South Dakota. The U.S. government stripped 
Native Americans of much of their territory and forced them to live on reservations. In the fall and early winter of 1890, thousands of 
Native American followers, including many Oglala Sioux, became followers of the Indian prophet 
Wovoka. His vision called for the native people to dance the 
Ghost Dance and wear 
Ghost Shirts, which would be impervious to bullets. Wovoka had predicted that the white man would vanish and their hunting grounds would be restored. One of the last known Ghost Dances was conducted on Stronghold Table in the South Unit of Badlands National Park. As winter closed in, the ghost dancers returned to 
Pine Ridge Agency. The climax of the struggle came in late December, 1890. Headed south from the 
Cheyenne River, a band of 
Minneconjou Sioux crossed a pass in the Badlands Wall. Pursued by units of the U.S. Army, they were seeking refuge in the 
Pine Ridge Reservation. The band, led by 
Chief Big Foot, was finally overtaken by the soldiers near 
Wounded Knee Creek in the Reservation and ordered to camp there overnight. The troops attempted to disarm Big Foot's band the next morning. Gunfire erupted. Before it was over, nearly three hundred Indians and thirty soldiers lay dead. The 
Wounded Knee Massacre was the last major clash between 
Plains Indians and the U.S. military until the advent of the 
American Indian Movement in the 1970s, most notably in the 
1973 standoff at 
Wounded Knee, South Dakota.Wounded Knee is not within the boundaries of Badlands National Park. It is located approximately 45 miles (72 km) south of the park on Pine Ridge Reservation. The U.S. government and the Oglala Lakota Nation have agreed that this is a story to be told by the Oglala of 
Pine Ridge and Minneconjou of 
Standing Rock Reservation. The interpretation of the site and its tragic events are held as the primary responsibility of these survivors.Fossil hunters[
edit]
Aerial view, 3D computer generated imageThe history of the White River Badlands as a significant paleontological resource goes back to the traditional Native American knowledge of the area. The Lakota found large fossilized bones, fossilized seashells and turtle shells. They correctly assumed that the area had once been under water, and that the bones belonged to creatures which no longer existed.[
citation needed] Paleontological interest in this area began in the 1840s. Trappers and traders regularly traveled the 300 miles (480 km) from 
Fort Pierre to 
Fort Laramie along a path which skirted the edge of what is now Badlands National Park. Fossils were occasionally collected, and in 1843 a fossilized jaw fragment collected by Alexander Culbertson of the 
American Fur Company found its way to a physician in St. Louis by the name of Dr. Hiram A. Prout.In 1846, Prout published a paper about the jaw in the 
American Journal of Science in which he stated that it had come from a creature he called a Paleotherium. Shortly after the publication, the White River Badlands became popular fossil hunting grounds and, within a couple of decades, numerous new fossil species had been discovered in the White River Badlands. In 1849, Dr. Joseph Leidy published a paper on an Oligocene camel and renamed Prout's Paleotherium, 
Titanotherium prouti. By 1854 when he published a series of papers about North American fossils, 84 distinct species had been discovered in North America – 77 of which were found in the White River Badlands. In 1870 a Yale professor, O. C. Marsh, visited the region and developed more refined methods of extracting and reassembling fossils into nearly complete skeletons. From 1899 to today, the 
South Dakota School of Mines has sent people almost every year and remains one of the most active research institutions working in the White River Badlands. Throughout the late 19th century and continuing today, scientists and institutions from all over the world have benefited from the fossil resources of the White River Badlands. The White River Badlands have developed an international reputation as a fossil-rich area. They contain the richest deposits of 
Oligocene mammals known, providing a brief glimpse of life in this area 33 million years ago.Homesteaders[
edit]Aspects of American 
homesteading began before the end of the 
American Civil War; however, it didn't really impact the Badlands until the 20th century. Then, many hopeful farmers traveled to South Dakota from Europe or the 
eastern United States to try to eke out a living in the area. The standard size for a homestead was 160 acres (65 ha). Being in a semi-arid, wind-swept environment, this proved far too small of a holding to support a family. In 1916, in the western Dakotas, the 
size of a homestead was increased to 640 acres (260 ha). Cattle grazed the land, and crops such as winter wheat and hay were cut annually. However, the 
Great Dust Bowl events of the 1930s, combined with waves of grasshoppers, proved too much for most of the settlers of the Badlands. Houses, which had been built out of sod blocks and heated by buffalo chips, were abandoned. Those who remained today ranch and raise wheat.Pine Ridge Indian Reservation[
edit]As part of the war effort, the 
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) took possession of 341,726 acres (138,292 ha) of land on the 
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home of the 
Oglala Sioux people, for a gunnery range. Included in this range was 337 acres (136 ha) from the Badlands National Monument. This land was used extensively from 1942 through 1945 as an air-to-air and air-to-ground gunnery range including both precision and demolition bombing exercises. After the war, portions of the bombing range were used as an artillery range by the South Dakota National Guard. In 1968, most of the range was declared excess property by the USAF though 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) are retained by the USAF but no longer used, the majority of the land was turned over to the National Park Service.Firing took place within most of the present day Stronghold District. Land was bought or leased from individual landowners and the Tribe in order to clear the area of human occupation. Old car bodies and 55 gallon drums painted bright yellow were used as targets. Bulls-eyes 250 feet (76 m) across were plowed into the ground and used as targets by bombardiers. Small automatic aircraft called "
target drones" and 60-by-8-foot (18 by 2 m) screens dragged behind planes served as mobile targets. Today, the ground is littered with discarded bullet cases and unexploded ordnance.125 families were forcibly relocated from their farms and ranches in the 1940s including 
Dewey Beard, a survivor of the 
Wounded Knee Massacre. Those that remained nearby recall times when they had to dive under tractors while out cutting hay to avoid bombs dropped by planes miles outside of the boundary. In the town of 
Interior, both a church and the building housing the current post office were struck by six inch (152 mm) shells through the roof. Pilots operating out of 
Ellsworth Air Force Base near 
Rapid City found it a real challenge to determine the exact boundaries of the range. Fortunately, there were no civilian casualties. However, at least a dozen flight crew personnel lost their lives in plane crashes.The Stronghold District of Badlands National Park offers more than scenic badlands with spectacular views. Co-managed by the 
National Park Service and the Oglala Lakota Tribe, this 133,300-acre (53,900 ha) area is steeped in history. Deep 
draws, high tables and rolling prairie hold the stories of the earliest plains hunters, the 
paleo-Indians, as well as the present day Lakota Nation.Visiting the Park[
edit]
Tenting in the Cedar Pass CampgroundBadlands National Park has two campgrounds for overnight visits.
[9]References[
edit]^ 
Jump up to: a b "Listing of acreage as of December 31, 2011". Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved March 5, 2012. 
Jump up ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved March 5, 2012. 
Jump up ^ "Badlands Wilderness". Wilderness.net. Retrieved March 5, 2012. 
Jump up ^ "2008 Badlands Visitor Guide". National Park Service. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2011. 
Jump up ^ "Badlands National Park". 
Rand McNally. Retrieved March 12, 2011. "The cultural centerpiece of this section is the Stronghold Table, where the Oglala Sioux danced the Ghost Dance for the last time in 1890." [
dead link]
Jump up ^ "Pine Ridge Gunnery Range/Badlands Bombing Range". South Dakota; Department of Environment & Natural Resources. 
Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011. 
Jump up ^ "U.S. National Park High Points". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 17, 2008. 
Jump up ^ "The National Parks: Index 2009–2011". National Park Service. Retrieved March 5, 2012. 
Jump up ^ http://www.nps.gov/badl/planyourvisit/camping.htmExternal links[
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Badlands Visitor Information websiteBadlands Bombing Range - 
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Dogwood Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and 	Prose is an award-winning annual print journal founded in 2001—also 	available via LitRagger—publishing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.[print][e-pub]			[
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Drunken BoatDrunken Boat, an 	award-winning international online journal of the arts, publishes the best 	of traditional forms of representation alongside web art, hypertext, 	multimedia, audio, and video. [o][
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top of pageelsewhere elsewhere is an online bimonthly publication of flash fiction and prose poetry. [o][
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Exit 					7Exit 7 is produced annually by West Kentucky Community 					and Technical College and seeks to publish outstanding work 					from both established and emerging writers.[
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top of pageFairy 			Tale ReviewFairy Tale 	Review is an annual literary journal dedicated to publishing new 	fairy-tale fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations of fairy tales into 	English.[
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Feile-FestaFeile-Festa is an online, literary arts journal 					that features poets and writers from all the regions of the 					United States, as well as Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy 					and Scotland. This multicultural journal includes photographs 					that evoke life primarily in New York City and sometimes Ireland 					and Italy. [o][
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Fertile SourceFertile Source is a literary ezine devoted to fertility, 					infertility, and adoption-related topics. We accept fiction, 					non-fiction, poetry, artwork, photos, and reviews of fertility-related 					publications. [o][
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FiddleblackFiddleblack is a 	small press & journal of literature. We like self and place, antipastoralism 	and concept horror. [o][
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FiddleheadThe Fiddlehead, Atlantic Canada's international 					literary journal, is entertainment for the thoughtful with its 					mix of poetry and stories by established and new writers.[
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FIELDFor 40 years FIELD has been celebrated as one of 					the most stimulating journals of contemporary poetry and poetics 					in the nation.
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First LineThe First Line is unaffiliated, unfunded, unassuming, 					and far from uninspiring. It is a writer’s journal for readers.					[
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Florida ReviewThe Florida Review publishes innovative fiction, 					nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and graphic narrative by established 					and emerging writers. Spring Editors' Prize awards $1000 					in each genre.
[Read more about The Florida Review]Foliate OakThe 	Foliate Oak Literary Magazine features cutting edge writing and artwork 	from writers and artists all over the world. [o/p][
Read more about Foliate Oak]Four ChambersFour Chambers is an 	independent literary magazine based in Phoenix, AZ. We're publishing work to 	build community.[
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Fourteen HillsFourteen Hills is a 	biannual journal publishing the highest quality experimental, progressive, 	and traditional fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, short plays, and 	visual art.[
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Fourth 					GenreDevoted to publishing notable, innovative work in creative 			nonfiction, including personal essays and memoirs, graphic essays, 			experimental forms, and book reviews.
[Read 					more about Fourth Genre]The 			Fourth RiverThe Fourth River 	seeks works that approaches nature and place in fresh, unexpected ways.[
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FrostwritingFrostwriting, an online journal, encourages developing 					writers trying to put broadly cross-cultural experiences into 					words. Should these words in any way involve Sweden, all the 					better. [o][
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top of page GargoyleGargoyle Magazine has always been a scallywag 					magazine, a maverick magazine, a bit too academic for the underground 					and way too underground for the academics.
[Read 					more about Gargoyle Magazine]Gemini MagazineGemini Magazine is an online journal with no rules. We are 	open to any form of fiction, poetry, memoir, creative nonfiction, art, 	photography, or other creative work. Every submission gets an equal chance, 	no matter who it is from.[
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Georgetown 					ReviewWe publish fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction by both 					new and established writers. $1,000 contest prize awarded each 					fall. 
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Georgia ReviewEach issue of The Georgia Review features some 200 pages of fiction, poetry, essays, and 			reviews—as well as a visual art portfolio, usually in color.					
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Gettysburg ReviewThe Gettysburg Review publishes poetry, 					prose, and visual art by established and emerging talents in 					issues that are as handsome as they are stimulating.
[Read more about Gettysburg Review]Glimmer 					Train StoriesQuarterly literary magazine. 260 pages of short stories by 					new and established writers from around the world.  No 					advertising. A feast of fiction.
[Read 					more about Glimmer Train Stories]Green 					Mountains ReviewGreen Mountains Review publishes poetry, fiction, 					creative nonfiction, literary essays, interviews, and book reviews. 					We print work by both well-known writers and promising newcomers.
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Greensboro ReviewWe publish fiction and poetry twice a year, each fall and 					spring. Work from the journal is consistently cited in collections 					honoring the finest new writing.
[Read more about The Greensboro Review]GristThe University of Tennessee’s new journal publishes literary 					fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays on craft.[
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Gulf 					CoastCommitted to publishing high quality fiction, poetry, nonfiction, 			and critical art writing from both established and emerging writers. 			Includes full-color art, interviews, and book reviews.
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top of pageHamilton Arts & Letters Hamilton Arts & Letters 	magazine is a biannual online publication featuring artwork, 	interviews, reviews, essays, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, film, 	and sound. [o][
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Hampden-Sydney 					Poetry ReviewOne of the longest-running poetry journals in the country. 					“I like the look of it, the feel of it—the taste of it.” —William 					Stafford [
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Hanging 					LooseHanging Loose magazine, first published in 1966, 					has consistently published fresh, lively writing by new and 					older authors who deserve a wider audience. 
[Read 					more about Hanging Loose] Hayden’s 					Ferry ReviewHayden’s Ferry Review showcases the voices of emerging 					and established talents in creative writing and visual art from 					the national and international community [
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High 					Desert JournalHDJ is a literary and visual arts magazine dedicated 					to further understanding the people, places and issues of the 					interior West. [
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Hiram 					Poetry ReviewThe Hiram Poetry Review has been publishing witty, 					distinctive and heroic poetry since 1966.[
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Hudson ReviewSince 1948, focusing on how literature bears on the intellectual 					life of the time. Publishes undiscovered writers. Poetry, fiction, 					critical essays, book reviews, arts chronicles.
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top of pageThe 			Idaho ReviewAn annual review of literary 	fiction and poetry, highlighting an array of distinguished writers as well 	as new and exciting voices of emerging writers.[
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Indiana 					ReviewNow in its 36th year of publication, Indiana Review 					is a non-profit literary magazine dedicated to showcasing the 					talents of emerging and established writers.
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Iowa ReviewDedicated to publishing the finest contemporary fiction, 					poetry, and creative nonfiction.
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top of pageJewish 			Fiction .net Jewish Fiction 	.net showcases the finest contemporary Jewish-themed fiction from 	around the world (either written in, or translated into, English). Stories 	and novel excerpts welcome. [o][
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JukedIndependent literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, 					nonfiction, and photography. Our online edition is updated once 					or twice a week, and our print publication comes out annually. 					In publication since 1999. [o/p][
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Kenyon ReviewThe Kenyon Review features the best new writing 					by established and emerging authors. 
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top of pageThe LabletterThe Labletter is an annual magazine of art and literature 					that has its roots in the Oregon Lab, the name given to a group 					of artists and their annual gathering[
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LalitambaLalitamba is an international journal of writings 					for liberation.[
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Ledge MagazineAn independent publication featuring cutting-edge contemporary 					poetry and fiction by both established and emerging poets and 					writers.
[Read 					more about The Ledge Magazine]The Literary 					BohemianThe Literary Bohemian is the final online destination 					for first-class, travel-inspired writing that transports the 					reader, non-stop, to Elsewhere. [o][
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Literary 					JuiceLiterary Juice is produced from 100% pure originality. 					We feature works of fiction and poetry that are clever, bold, 					and even weird! [o][
Read 					more about Literary Juice]Literary 					LaundryLiterary Laundry is an online journal that publishes 					two issues per year. We publish poetry, prose-fiction, and one-act 					drama. [o][
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Louisville ReviewSince 1976, The Louisville Review has published 					the best of contemporary writing in fiction, poetry, creative 					nonfiction, drama, and writing by children (K-12). 
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