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In the main area of the front, south-facing, wall of the building there is a picnic table beneath a large cottonwood tree. Southeast of the building, approximately 30 feet across the street, is there is a tan concrete welcome sign with the National Park Service logo and the text \"Welcome to Badlands National Park\" with a smaller sign beneath it reading “Managed in cooperation with the Oglala Sioux Tribe.”  The main entrance is on the south side of the building, with an emergency exist on the north side. Beside the main entrance, a sign affixed to the building read in English and Lakota:<br /><br />Makȟa Makȟošiča Oínažiŋ<br />Badlands National Park<br />Makhízíta Wakpá Thiléaŋg<br />Ománi Hí Chokáta Thípi<br />White River Visitor Center  <br />In cooperation with the Oglala Sioux Tribe.<br /><br />The interior of the building is an open space with a large, multicolored and perpendicular circular exhibit in the middle in the style of a medicine wheel design. 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