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Articles and resources related to South Dakota
Encyclopedia Articles
A guide to South Dakota
Biographies
Cities
Colleges and universities
Economy
History
Land and climate
National park system
Native American groups
Monuments and historic sites
Plant and animal life
Other related articles
Selected Media
Books to Read
Newspapers
Study Skills
Web Sites
Magazine Articles

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Black Hills of South Dakota

The Black Hills region of South Dakota is a area of dramatic beauty. The trees covering the mountain slopes look black when seen from the plains.



© Kent & Donna Dannen, Photo Researchers





Encyclopedia articles


in World Book include:




A guide to South Dakota

• South Dakota
• South Dakota (table: Interesting facts about South Dakota)
• South Dakota (table: South Dakota in brief)
• South Dakota (table: Places to visit in South Dakota)
• South Dakota (Visitor's guide)


Biographies

• Banks, Dennis
• Brokaw, Tom
• Calamity Jane
• Crazy Horse
• Custer, George A.
• Daschle, Tom
• Foss, Joseph Jacob
• Gall
• Hickok, Wild Bill
• Humphrey, Hubert Horatio
• Johnson, Timothy Peter
• La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de

• Lawrence, Ernest O.
• McGovern, George S.
• Means, Russell
• Mundt, Karl Earl
• Red Cloud
• Sande, Earl
• Sitting Bull
• Spotted Tail
• Thune, John
• Ward, Joseph
• Wovoka


Cities

• Deadwood
• Lead
• Pierre
• Rapid City
• Sioux Falls


Colleges and universities

• South Dakota (table: Universities and colleges in South Dakota)
• South Dakota, University of
• South Dakota State University


Economy

• South Dakota (table: South Dakota's economic production and workers)
• South Dakota (Economy)
• Agriculture
• Chemical industry
• Communication

• Corn
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Retailing
• Transportation


History

• South Dakota (table: Important dates in South Dakota)
• South Dakota (table: Governors of South Dakota)
• South Dakota (History)
• Ghost Dance
• Indian wars
• Lewis and Clark expedition

• Louisiana Purchase
• United States, History of the
• Western frontier life in America
• Westward movement in America
• Wounded Knee


Land and climate

• Lake Oahe
• South Dakota (Land and climate)
• South Dakota (table: Average monthly weather in South Dakota)
• Badlands
• Black Hills

• Fort Randall Dam
• Great Plains
• Minnesota River
• Missouri River


National park system

• Badlands National Park
• Wind Cave National Park


Native American groups

• Indian, American (Indians of the Plains)
• Arikara Indians
• Cheyenne Indians
• Sioux Indians


Monuments and historic sites

• Jewel Cave National Monument
• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial


Plant and animal life

• Ash
• Bass
• Bighorn
• Black-eyed Susan
• Buffalo
• Deer
• Elk

• Elm
• Fox
• Oak
• Pasqueflower
• Pheasant
• Perch
• Pike


Other related articles

• Midwestern States


Selected Media

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South Dakota flag and seal
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South Dakota bird, flower, and tree
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Population density in South Dakota
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Pierre, South Dakota


Books to read

Level I
• Bodden, Valerie. Mount Rushmore. Creative Education, 2007.
• Burgan, Michael. South Dakota. Children's Pr., 2010.
• McDaniel, Melissa. South Dakota. 2nd ed. Benchmark Bks., 2007.
• Yacowitz, Caryn. South Dakota. Children's Pr., 2009.

Level II
• Andersson, Rani-Henrik. The Lakota Ghost Dance of 1890. Univ. of Neb. Pr., 2008.
• Bettelyoun, Susan B., and Waggoner, Josephine. With My Own Eyes: A Lakota Woman Tells Her People's History. Univ. of Neb. Pr., 1998.
• Nelson, Paula M. After the West Was Won: Homesteaders and Town-Builders in Western South Dakota, 1900-1917. Univ. of Ia. Pr., 1986. The Prairie Winnows Out Its Own: The West River Country of South Dakota in the Years of Depression and Dust. 1996. Reprint. 2005.
• Raventon, Edward. Island in the Plains: A Black Hills Natural History. 1994. Reprint. Johnson Bks., 2003.
• Schell, Herbert S., and Miller, J. E. History of South Dakota. 4th ed. S. Dak. State Hist. Soc., 2004.
• Thompson, Harry F., ed. A New South Dakota History. 2nd ed. Ctr. for Western Studies, Augustana College, 2009.




Newspapers

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The Argus Leader
The Daily Republic
Rapid City Journal


New Jersey

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Study skills information

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 •Writing skills
 •Writing tips
 •Preparing a Short Report
 •Preparing a Book Report
 •Preparing a Research Paper

 •Speaking skills
 •Preparing a Speech
 •Rehearsing and Delivering a Speech

 •Research skills
 •Getting to Know the Library
 •Reference and Source Materials
 •Preparing Source Cards
 •Taking Notes
 •Using Other Sources
 •Glossary
 •Selected Reference and Source Materials

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