Triple U Buffalo Ranch
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The Triple U Buffalo Ranch is a 50000 acres (20,234.3 ha) ranch in northern Stanley County, South Dakota
. Its chief claim to fame is the act that it was used for location shooting in the 1990 movie Dances With Wolves
and TNT
's 1994 film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
. The ranch runs a closed herd of about 2,000 bison and offers trophy hunts for bison as well as several other indigenous species.
Stanley County, South Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,772 people, 1,111 households, and 775 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 1,277 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile...
. Its chief claim to fame is the act that it was used for location shooting in the 1990 movie Dances With Wolves
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army Lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a...
and TNT
Turner Network Television
Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
's 1994 film Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee is a 1994 TNT original movie starring Irene Bedard, Tantoo Cardinal, Pato Hoffmann, Joseph Runningfox, Lawrence Bayne, and Michael Horse and August Schellenberg....
. The ranch runs a closed herd of about 2,000 bison and offers trophy hunts for bison as well as several other indigenous species.