| Located within the 7,000 square mile Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Oglala Lakota College serves a community of 1,400 students and the 38,000 residents, most of whom are Oglala Sioux Tribe members. In addition to being known as "ground zero of poverty in America," the region is challenged by tremendous geographical distances, high alcoholism rates, and a lack of a centralized community structure. This last factor is particularly relevant as the College is a tribally-controlled institution that stresses Lakota culture and tribal self-determination.
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