Wakpala, South Dakota

Wakpala is an unincorporated community in Corson County, South Dakota, United States, on the west side of the Missouri River, north-northwest of Mobridge. Wakpala is within the boundaries of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, and its name loosely translates to "creek" in the Lakota language,^[5] with Oak Creek running south on its eastern edge.

Wakpala, South Dakota
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 45°39′34″N 100°32′08″W / 45.65944°N 100.53556°W / 45.65944; -100.53556
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
County	Corson
Area [1]
• Total	0.44 sq mi (1.13 km2)
• Land	0.44 sq mi (1.13 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,637 ft (499 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	267
• Density	609.59/sq mi (235.33/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	57658
Area code	605
FIPS code	46-68180[4]
GNIS feature ID	2813013[2]

Chief Gall (Piji, Phizí) is buried at Saint Elizabeth Episcopal Cemetery here and Chief Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake) is possibly buried under a concrete bust bearing his name a few miles south of town in the Mobridge area. Sitting Bull was originally buried at Fort Yates, North Dakota, but an effort was made to exhume his bones and rebury him at the present site.^{[citation needed]}

The annual Wakpala Wacipi (dance or powwow) is held on the last weekend in August.