Editing Pine Ridge, South Dakota (section)

==History==
The community was named for the pine trees on the ridge surrounding the town site.<ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3|series=American guide series|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=145|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=56}}</ref> An early variant name was Pine Ridge Agency.<ref name=gnis /><ref>{{cite book | last = Peterson | first = E. Frank | title = Historical Atlas of South Dakota, Containing State and County Maps, Geologic Maps, Statistical Charts, Geography, Geology, History, Descriptive Notes, Tables, Etc. | location = [[Vermillion, South Dakota]] | date = 1904 | page = 3}}</ref>

The Pine Ridge reservation was the location of a violent shootout between FBI and activist Native Americans in 1975. FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were killed in the initial firefight, while activist native Joe Stuntz was later shot by a police sniper. Native/Activist [[Leonard Peltier]] was later convicted of the murder of the agents and sentenced to life in prison, but there has been debate around his innocence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/resmurs-case-reservation-murders|title = RESMURS Case (Reservation Murders)}}</ref>