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SOUTH. DAKOTA. Oct. 31 st , 2007 Period 4. State Flag. The South Dakota Flag features the state seal, surrounded by a golden blazing sun in a field of sky blue. Letters reading “South Dakota, The Mount Rushmore State”, the official nickname, is arranged in a circle around the sun.

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  1. SOUTH DAKOTA Oct. 31st, 2007 Period 4

  2. State Flag The South Dakota Flag features the state seal, surrounded by a golden blazing sun in a field of sky blue. Letters reading “South Dakota, The Mount Rushmore State”, the official nickname, is arranged in a circle around the sun.

  3. General Information • State Bird: Ring-Necked Pheasant • State Tree: Black Hills Spruce • State Flower: Pasque • State Animal: Coyote

  4. Weird General Information Gemstone: Fairburn agate Grass: Western Wheatgrass Insect: Honeybee Jewelry: Black Hills Gold Mineral: Rose quartz Musical Instrument: Fiddle Song: “Hail, South Dakota” Sport: Rodeo Bread: Fry bread Dessert: Kuchen Drink: Milk Fossil: Triceratops

  5. Climate South Dakota has dramatic weather. Like other states in the middle of North America, South Dakota sometimes experiences huge temperature swings. Winter days are often far below freezing, and heavy blizzards may strike. Blizzard winds reach 70 miles per hour. During the summer, long dry periods called droughts can kill a season’s crops. Both tornadoes and floods are common.

  6. The DUST Bowl

  7. Black Hills Gold Miners flooded into the Black Hills when gold was discovered there in 1874. The army tried to keep the miners off of the Sioux lands at first, but this became too difficult. Sioux leaders, like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, attacked the mining camps. Eventually, however, the Sioux were forced onto reservations.

  8. Red Clouds War • The arrival of the settlers was not good news for the Sioux. Red Cloud, the chief of the Oglala Sioux, led attacks on the soldiers who protected the trail builders. Red Cloud won, and the government agreed to stop the trail’s construction.

  9. Wounded Knee In 1890, the government was afraid that the Sioux would fight again, so they decided to arrest Sitting Bull in the hope of preventing a possible rebellion. On the morning of December 29th, a shot was heard, and the soldiers opened fire on the captives. Twenty-five soldiers and close to 200 Sioux men, women, and children were killed.

  10. Pioneers Move In • Not many white settlers lived in South Dakota until the 1850s. Because there weren’t a lot of trees around, many settlers built homes called soddies with blocks of prairie grass and dirt. When the railroad reached the area in 1873, it became easier for people to move there. By 1889, South Dakota had enough people to become a state.

  11. License Plates

  12. THE END

  13. Bibliography I got my Pictures from, Culture Grams, and www.50states.com I got my information from Culture Grams, and www.50states.com Power point done by, Ashley Nelson Thank you for watching my Power Point

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