Portal:South Dakota

The South Dakota Portal The Flag of South Dakota South Dakota (/dəˈkoʊtə/ ; Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga, pronounced [daˈkˣota iˈtokaga]) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population — with nine reservations currently in the state — and has historically dominated the territory. South Dakota is the 17th-largest by area, but the fifth-least populous, and the fifth-least densely populated of the 50 United States. Pierre is the state capital, and Sioux Falls, with a population of about 213,900, is South Dakota's most populous city. The state is bisected by the Missouri River, dividing South Dakota into two geographically and socially distinct halves, known to residents as "East River" and "West River". South Dakota is bordered by North Dakota to the north, Minnesota to the east, Iowa to the southeast, Nebraska to the south, Wyoming to the west, and Montana to the northwest. Humans have inhabited the area for several millennia, with the Sioux becoming dominant by the early 19th century. In the late 19th century, European-American settlement intensified after a gold rush in the Black Hills and the construction of railroads from the east. Encroaching miners and settlers triggered a number of Indian wars, ending with the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota. They are the 39th and 40th states admitted to the union; President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the statehood papers before signing them so that no one could tell which became a state first. Key events in the 20th century included the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, increased federal spending during the 1940s and 1950s for agriculture and defense, and an industrialization of agriculture that has reduced family farming. Eastern South Dakota is home to most of the state's population, and the area's fertile soil is used to grow a variety of crops. West of the Missouri River, ranching is the predominant agricultural activity, and the economy is more dependent on tourism and defense spending. Most of the Native American reservations are in West River. The Black Hills, a group of low pine-covered mountains sacred to the Sioux, is in the southwest part of the state. Mount Rushmore, a major tourist destination, is there. South Dakota has a temperate continental climate, with four distinct seasons and precipitation levels ranging from moderate in the east to semi-arid in the west. The state's ecology features species typical of a North American grassland biome. (Full article...) Selected article - The Needles, Black Hills The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit. The name of the range in Lakota is Pahá Sápa. It encompasses the Black Hills National Forest. It formed as a result of an upwarping of ancient rock, after which the removal of the higher portions of the mountain mass by stream erosion produced the present-day topography. The hills are so called because of their dark appearance from a distance, as they are covered in evergreen trees. American Indian tribes have a long history in the Black Hills and consider it a sacred site. After conquering the Cheyenne in 1776, the Lakota took the territory of the Black Hills, which became central to their culture. In 1868, the federal US government signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, establishing the Great Sioux Reservation west of the Missouri River, and exempting the Black Hills from all non-indigenous settlement “forever”; however, when American settlers discovered gold here as a result of George Armstrong Custer's Black Hills Expedition in 1874, a gold rush swept in miners. The US government conquered the Black Hills and forcibly relocated the Lakota, following the Great Sioux War of 1876, to five smaller reservations in western South Dakota, selling off 9 million acres (36,000 km2) of their former land. Unlike most of South Dakota, the Black Hills were settled primarily by European Americans from population centers to the west and south of the region, as miners flocked there from earlier gold boom locations in Colorado and Montana. (Full article...) List of selected articles History of South Dakota Fossil Cycad National Monument List of counties in South Dakota List of governors of South Dakota Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem Theresa Two Bulls Rosebud Indian Reservation Lakota people Wounded Knee Massacre Sioux Falls, South Dakota Rapid City, South Dakota Aberdeen, South Dakota Brookings, South Dakota Watertown, South Dakota Badlands National Park Mount Rushmore Big Sioux River Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Wind Cave National Park Jewel Cave National Monument Deadwood, South Dakota Lake Kampeska Mary GrandPré South Dakota State University University of South Dakota Sioux Falls Regional Airport Sparky Anderson Frank Waln Blood Run Site COVID-19 pandemic in South Dakota South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Hill City, South Dakota LGBT rights in South Dakota Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Tom Brokaw A-Square Dakota Territory Homestake Mine (South Dakota) Dennis Daugaard Bill Janklow Mike Rounds Wall Drug Crazy Horse Memorial Marlene Hagge January Jones Republic of Lakotah proposal Sioux language Pierre, South Dakota Categories Category puzzle Select [►] to view subcategories South Dakota South Dakota-related lists Communications in South Dakota South Dakota culture Demographics of South Dakota Economy of South Dakota Education in South Dakota Environment of South Dakota Geography of South Dakota Government of South Dakota Health in South Dakota History of South Dakota South Dakota law Military in South Dakota Missing person cases in South Dakota Native American tribes in South Dakota People from South Dakota Politics of South Dakota Professional wrestling in South Dakota Science and technology in South Dakota South Dakota society Sports in South Dakota Tourist attractions in South Dakota Transportation in South Dakota Works about South Dakota Works set in South Dakota Images of South Dakota South Dakota stubs Related portals Recognized content - Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. General William T. Sherman (third from left) and Commissioners in council with chiefs and headmen, Fort Laramie, 1868 The Treaty of Fort Laramie (also the Sioux Treaty of 1868) is an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation, following the failure of the first Fort Laramie treaty, signed in 1851. The treaty is divided into 17 articles. It established the Great Sioux Reservation including ownership of the Black Hills, and set aside additional lands as "unceded Indian territory" in the areas of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, and possibly Montana. It established that the US government would hold authority to punish not only white settlers who committed crimes against the tribes but also tribe members who committed crimes and were to be delivered to the government, rather than to face charges in tribal courts. It stipulated that the government would abandon forts along the Bozeman Trail and included a number of provisions designed to encourage a transition to farming and to move the tribes "closer to the white man's way of life." The treaty protected specified rights of third parties not partaking in the negotiations and effectively ended Red Cloud's War. That provision did not include the Ponca, who were not a party to the treaty and so had no opportunity to object when the American treaty negotiators "inadvertently" broke a separate treaty with the Ponca by unlawfully selling the entirety of the Ponca Reservation to the Lakota, pursuant to Article II of this treaty. The United States never intervened to return the Ponca land. Instead, the Lakota claimed the Ponca land as their own and set about attacking and demanding tribute from the Ponca until 1876, when US President Ulysses S. Grant chose to resolve the situation by unilaterally ordering the Ponca removed to the Indian Territory. The removal, known as the Ponca Trail of Tears, was carried out by force the following year and resulted in over 200 deaths. (Full article...) List of recognized articles Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad List of colleges and universities in South Dakota Geography of South Dakota Flag of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Brock Lesnar 1999 South Dakota Learjet crash Ernest Lawrence Amanda Clement George McGovern Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007 Missouri River Sitting Bull Ex parte Crow Dog Mamie Shields Pyle Cecil E. Harris Eagle Woman General images - The following are images from various South Dakota-related articles on Wikipedia. Karl Bodmer's portrait of an Arikara warrior, early 1840s. (from History of South Dakota) Map showing the general locations of the tribes and subtribes of the Sioux by the late 18th century; current reservations are shown in orange. (from History of South Dakota) Deadwood, like many other Black Hills towns, was founded after the discovery of gold. (from History of South Dakota) Craven Canyon petroglyphs in the Black Hills. (from History of South Dakota) Huron (left) and Pierre (right) issued rival maps that claimed each as the best place voters should choose for the new state capital in 1890. (from History of South Dakota) A South Dakota farm during the Dust Bowl, 1936 (from History of South Dakota) Author Laura Ingalls Wilder used her experiences growing up near De Smet as the basis for four of her novels. (from Culture of South Dakota) A rodeo at Days of '76 in Deadwood. (from Culture of South Dakota) Detail from a map drawn by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, showing much of what would become eastern and central South Dakota. (from History of South Dakota) Did you know - ... that Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana? ... that US president Calvin Coolidge left Mystic, South Dakota, in a lumber wagon? ... that Garretson, South Dakota, was named after businessman Arthur Samuel Garretson? ... that when the University of South Dakota started a radio station, the transmitter was built by student and future Nobel Prize winner Ernest Lawrence? ... that the Shakespeare garden in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, was the first of its kind in the state? ... that Clint Sargent succeeded Scott Nagy as head coach of the Wright State Raiders, years after he played for him with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits? Topics Largest cities Cities in South Dakota, with their populations (as of July 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census): 2020 rank City 2020 census 2010 census Change County 1 Sioux Falls † 192,517 153,888 +25.10% Minnehaha Lincoln 2 Rapid City † 74,703 67,956 +9.93% Pennington 3 Aberdeen † 28,495 26,091 +9.21% Brown 4 Brookings † 23,377 22,056 +5.99% Brookings 5 Watertown † 22,655 21,482 +5.46% Codington 6 Mitchell † 15,660 15,254 +2.66% Davison 7 Yankton † 15,411 14,454 +6.62% Yankton 8 Huron † 14,263 12,592 +13.27% Beadle 9 Pierre ‡ 14,091 13,646 +3.26% Hughes 10 Spearfish 12,193 10,494 +16.19% Lawrence † County seat ‡ State capital and county seat WikiProjects WikiProject South Dakota WikiProject United States New articles This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project. 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