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History BuffPine Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center
FreeThe visitor center and cultural gateway for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and Oglala Lakota Nation.
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Chatku Arts Center
Chatku Arts Center is a museum in Pine Ridge, SD. Cost: free.
100 Mission Drive · Pine Ridge, SD
Why you should go…
Chatku Arts Center, known for decades as The Heritage Center, is a Native American art museum and gallery on the campus of Mahpiya Luta (Red Cloud Indian School) about six miles north of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It holds a collection of roughly 13,000 pieces of historic and contemporary Native art and hosts the long-running annual Red Cloud Indian Art Show. A new 12,500 square foot building for the center opened in 2026, adding galleries, a gift shop and teaching space. Admission and tours are free, though donations are welcome.
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