South Dakota

cream. She had plans to attend college in Vermont but she meets Doug Dykstra and decided to stay around here. She made her decision on where to attend college and she chose to go to the University of South Dakota to study health. After a year, she had a friend convince her to do to South Dakota State University, something so always told me was never let a friend convince you to switch schools so she

I am Waynoka, and I am from the Cheyenne Tribe. Waynoka in my language means sweet water. Just like the water that runs through the rivers that surround and cross through the Plains, my home. Cheyenne means the “relatives of the Cree” but we call ourselves the “Tsitsistas” which means the people. My tribe lives in the plains of Northern America, we lived in the states now known as Montana and Wyoming, but we just called it home. My family was like all the others in the Cheyenne tribe, me being one

Cloud chose not to fight in the war but continued to work hard to preserve his rights and culture (Red). At the end of the war, the great chief was forced to give the Black Hills away and move to the Pine Ridge Agency on Great Sioux reservation in South Dakota (Waldman 295; Sanford, William R. Oglala 40). Even on the reservation, he continued to stand against the United States by opposing a flag raising at the agency (Allen 113-121). “You see this barren waste?” he said years later, “Washington took

native and non native, who are fighting against these incroaching forces on Bear Butte. Many people are working togather to get rid of the problems surrounding the sacred mountain. In 1961, Bear Butte became a South Dakota State Park. Putting the butte under the controll of the South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks department. Also, in 1965 Bear Butte became a National Landmark. The land surrounding the Sate Park, consists of mainly ranch land with a few tourist destinations. The Rosebud Sioux tribe

Softball is my life. I have always played it and always been around it. It is the thing I truly love to do and I don’t know what I would do without it. This is my story about softball. When I began softball I was five years old. I don’t really remember it all that well, the only thing I truly remember is my first team. My first team team was extreme, it was my sister team. Even though I don’t truly remember it, I know it was fun, for me at least. When starting out at a young age it’s hard for the

According to Mike Kintigh of the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks, Canyon Lake is regularly stocked with catchable-sized rainbow trout. Catchable-sized rainbow trout are defined as being between eleven and fifteen inches. Mike used the phrase “ Stock and Take” while describing Canyon Lake

1874 influence the development of the Black Hills? Many places not only in South Dakota, but around the world are affected by the events of Custer and his company. George Armstrong Custer became well known because of his 1874 expedition, when he discovered gold. The discovery of gold in the Black Hills affected the United States and the world for over the next 100 years after his discovery. Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota mined 43.9 million ounces of gold and 9.78 million ounces of silver that

others being Dakota and Nakota (Powers, 2009). The term Sioux originated from Nadowe Su which means “Little Rattle” from the rattling sound made by snakes before they bite. Later, Nadowe dropped, and French trappers and traders changed Su to Sioux. Spoken by more than 30,000 people in the US and Canada and it, therefore, takes number five of the most spoken native languages in the United States. Lakota is one of the three major regional varieties comprising of Western Dakota and Eastern Dakota. Western

Monuments are used to memorialize and honor moments, individuals and events of the past. Some monuments do this better than other monuments. In creating a monument there are three essential factors a group or agency should consider to make the monument as effective as possible: location, design features, purpose and backstory. Why these factors? Location and design factors play a massive role in the reception the monument will receive, based on its environment, size and looks a monument will be

Standing at about 60 feet for each face is the iconic Mount Rushmore. Travellers from all over drive to South Dakota to see this gigantic monument. Most people are amazed by the beauty and uniqueness of it. Mount Rushmore has four of our founding fathers carved onto the side of the mountain they include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and last but not least is Theodore Roosevelt. This monument can teach you a lot about how its was made because there is a very educational museum