SOUTH DAKOTASOUTH DAKOTA

HISTORYHISTORY

There are some Indian tribes in There are some Indian tribes in South Dakota including the Sioux South Dakota including the Sioux and Oglala and others.and Oglala and others.

The first people in South Dakota The first people in South Dakota were hunters and gatherers who were hunters and gatherers who may have appeared as early as may have appeared as early as 15,000 to 20,000 years ago.15,000 to 20,000 years ago.

The inhabitants of what is now The inhabitants of what is now South Dakota foraged for food, South Dakota foraged for food, made stone weapons, and hunted made stone weapons, and hunted big game animals, including the big game animals, including the mammoth. This way of life ended mammoth. This way of life ended around 8000 BC.around 8000 BC.

The inhabitants lived by farming and The inhabitants lived by farming and others lived by hunting also by others lived by hunting also by gathering food from plants. gathering food from plants.

SYMBOLSSYMBOLSTHE SUN SHINE STATETHE SUN SHINE STATE

STATE Bird: Ring Necked pheasant STATE Bird: Ring Necked pheasant

STATE Flower: pasque flowerSTATE Flower: pasque flower STATE Tree: Black hills spruce STATE Tree: Black hills spruce STATE Insect: honey beeSTATE Insect: honey bee STATE Song: HAIL SOUTH STATE Song: HAIL SOUTH

DAKOTADAKOTA STATE Animal: CoyoteSTATE Animal: Coyote STATE Fish: walleyeSTATE Fish: walleye STATE Fossil: triceratops STATE Fossil: triceratops STATE Gemstone: rose quartsSTATE Gemstone: rose quarts STATE Jewelry: black hills goldSTATE Jewelry: black hills gold

ECONOMYECONOMY

South Dakota is a national leader in South Dakota is a national leader in the production of storm doors, the production of storm doors, computers, scoreboards, and computers, scoreboards, and medical products.medical products.

Common jobs for the people of Common jobs for the people of South Dakota are service industries, South Dakota are service industries, such as restaurants and data such as restaurants and data processing; wholesale or retail processing; wholesale or retail trade; finance, insurance or real trade; finance, insurance or real estate; government; military; estate; government; military; manufacturing; agriculture, and manufacturing; agriculture, and construction and transportation. construction and transportation.

FAMOUS PEOPLEFAMOUS PEOPLE

Tom Brokaw: T.V. Tom Brokaw: T.V. newscasternewscaster

Crazy Horse: Oglala Crazy Horse: Oglala chiefchief

Red Cloud: Oglala, Sioux Red Cloud: Oglala, Sioux chiefchief

Ward L. Lambert: Ward L. Lambert: basketballbasketball

ATTRACTIONSATTRACTIONS

There are some famous faces in There are some famous faces in South Dakota and you can see South Dakota and you can see them at the Rushmore National them at the Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills.Memorial in the Black Hills.

Badland National Park, the Corn Badland National Park, the Corn Palace in Mitchell, Wall Drug, Rapid Palace in Mitchell, Wall Drug, Rapid City Dinosaur Park, a gigantic City Dinosaur Park, a gigantic sculpture of Crazy Horse are sculpture of Crazy Horse are popular tourist attractions. somepopular tourist attractions. some

FACTS AND WEBSITESFACTS AND WEBSITES

WWW.STATE.SD.USWWW.STATE.SD.US

WWW.TAVELSD.USWWW.TAVELSD.US

WWW.SDGFP.INFO/IWWW.SDGFP.INFO/INDEX.HTMNDEX.HTM

The Black Hills are a The Black Hills are a region formed by region formed by mountain building mountain building forcesforces