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There is no one definite person who first settled in South Dakota.
Native Americans were the first people to settle in South Dakota.
Fur trappers and traders settled in South Dakota, especially the Black Hills, due to the many available animals.
The first American settlement in South Dakota was at Fort Pierre, which started as a fur trading settlement.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThere are currently nine tribes located in South Dakota according to the South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations.
The tribes are:
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Division: Teton
Bands: Minnecoujou, Two Kettle (Oohenunpa), Sans Arc (Itazipco) and Blackfoot (Si Sapa)
Traditional Language: Dakota
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Division: Santee, Yankton
Bands: Mdewakanton (People of Spirit Lake), Ihanktonwan (People of the End)
Traditional Language: Dakota
Flandreau Santee Soux Tribe
Division: Santee
Bands: Mdewakanton, Wahpekute
Traditional Language: Dakota
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Division: Teton
Bands: Sicangu (Brule or Burnt Thigh)
Traditonal Language: Lakota
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Traditonal Language: Lakota
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Division: Teton
Bands: Sicangu (Brule or Burnt Thigh)
Traditonal Language: Lakota
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Division: Santee
Bands: Sisseton (People of the Marsh), Wahpeton (People on Lake Traverse)
Traditonal Language: Lakota
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Division: Yanktonais, Teton
Bands: Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Tanktonais and Cutheads
Traditonal Language: Dakota and Lakota
Yankton Sioux Tribe
Division: Yankton
Bands: Ihanktonwan
Traditional Language: Dakota
In the past, tribes which lived in what is now South Dakota include the Arikara, Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux, Dakota Sioux, Yankton Sioux, and Ponca. Other tribes which lived or moved through the area include the Arapahoe, Kiowa, Mandan, Omaha, Sutaio (Cheyenne), and Winnebago.
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∙ 11y agoThe first explorers to leave proof that they had been through South Dakota were the Verendrye brothers in 1743.
Lewis and Clark explored the area during their expedition in 1804 and again in 1806.
The 1874 Black Hills Expedition lead by Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer discovered gold in the area of the present day town of Custer, SD.
Early settlers were fur traders.
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∙ 12y agothe first inhabitants of South Dakota were Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, and they disappeared from the are around 5000 BC
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∙ 12y agoNative Americans followed in the 1730s by French Canadians.
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∙ 9y agoNative Americans were the first inhabitants of South Dakota, but the French were the first explorers. The first expedition took place in 1743.
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∙ 11y agoFur Traders, Europeans, Immigrants, Native Americans.
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∙ 13y agoPioneers.
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How many years were there between the time South Dakota was first settled and when it became a state?
5years
What is the name of the person who found South Dakota?
No one specific person is credited with "finding" South Dakota. There have been people living in South Dakota for several thousand years. The "Mound Builders", the Arikara, and the Sioux were living in South Dakota before Europeans came to the area.The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Verendrye and Francois de La Verendrye, are the first known Europeans to travel through what is now South Dakota.
What states became states in the same year?
North Dakota and South Dakota in the year 1861. That is because North Dakota and South Dakota were first combined into one state called Dakota. Dakota got split into North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889.
What would be listed first alphabetically the capital of North Dakota or the capital of South Dakota?
North Dakota's capital city, Bismarck, would come first, before South Dakota's capital city, Pierre.
What was the name of the first trading post in South Dakota?
Fort Pierre, established in 1817, was the first permanent settlement in South Dakota.
When was South Australia first settled?
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Who were the first people to settle in South Shields?
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Locate the first three states directly south of North Dakota?
Heading south from North Dakota wiill take you into South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and finally into Oklahoma.
Where is it in relation to South Dakota?
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What South Dakota city was the original Dakota Territory capital?
Yankton (South Dakota) was the first capital of the Dakota Territory, from 1861 to 1883. The capital of the Dakota Territory was then moved to Bismarck (North Dakota) from 1883 until statehood for both states in 1889.
Who settled south region first?
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Which Indians first inhabited in South Dakota?
Native Americans were the first settlers in South Dakota.
