Kyle (

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: ''Phežúta ȟaká''; "Branched Medicine") is a

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(CDP) in Oglala Lakota County,

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, United States. Its population was 943 at the 2020 census. Located within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the

Oglala Lakota The Oglala (pronounced , meaning 'to scatter one's own' in Lakota language, Lakota) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota people, Dakota, make up the Sioux, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A ...

, it is one of two settlements which are closest to the North American continental pole of inaccessibility. The community was named for James H. Kyle, a Senator from South Dakota.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land. In North America, the continental pole of inaccessibility is between Kyle and Allen, located from the nearest coastline at .

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 970 people, 205 households, and 168 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 219 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.43% Native American, 5.15%

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, and 0.41% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.13% of the population. There were 205 households, out of which 53.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.6% were

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living together, 34.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.6% were non-families. 13.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.46 and the average family size was 4.88. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 45.4% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 11.5% from 45 to 64, and 3.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,750, and the median income for a family was $27,000. Males had a median income of $21,953 versus $13,710 for females. The

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for the CDP was $7,415. About 42.1% of families and 35.7% of the population were below the

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, including 43.2% of those under age 18 and 17.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Little Wound School is administered by the tribe in association with the

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(BIE). It has elementary, middle, and high school grades, with a total of more than 900 students, who are primarily Oglala Lakota in ethnicity. Oglala Lakota College is a tribal college in Kyle operated by the Lakota Nation.

References

External links

Oglala Lakota College
{{Authority control Census-designated places in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota Census-designated places in South Dakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation