Buffalo/Bison are a part of history and were important to the Plains Indians, so it is important to preserve the buffalo that are left.
In South Dakota, buffalo are a part of the tourist industry with people traveling to South Dakota to see buffalo or to hunt buffalo or to watch the annual round up in Custer State Park.
Buffalo/Bison are also important in South Dakota because buffalo meat is considered to be a lean meat and is sold in many restaurants.
In 1862 the Dakota Sioux were known as the Dakota/Dakotah or the Sioux or the Dakota Sioux.
Sioux Falls is in South Dakota
The Sioux were and are located in all areas of North Dakota and South Dakota.
The current Native American tribes in North Dakota are the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, the Standing Rock (Dakota and Lakota) Sioux, the Spirit Lake (Dakota) Sioux, the Hidatsa, the Mandan, and the Arikara. In the past, Native American tribes that lived in North Dakota included the Ojibwa, the Assiniboine, the Chippewa, the Hidatsa, the Mandan, and the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota Sioux.
The Sioux originally inhabited the Great Plains region of North America, including present-day states like South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Montana. They have a deep connection to the land and consider these areas their homelands.
North Dakota is known as the "Sioux State" to recognize the Sioux or Dakota tribes of North Dakota. North Dakota's official state nickname is "The Peace Garden State".
The Lakota Sioux settled in western South Dakota in 1776. The Yankton Sioux settled in the south east part of South Dakota. In 1817, Fort Pierre was built. The Yankton Sioux signed a treaty giving up their land in 1858. South Dakota became a state in 1889. The Wounded Knee Massacre happened in 1890.
The village of Sioux Falls, South Dakota was incorporated in 1856 by the 12th legislative assembly of the Dakota Territory. Sioux Falls was granted a city charter by the Dakota Territorial legislature on March 3, 1883.
Sioux Falls Hospital opened in 1894 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Sioux Valley Association was organized in 1894 and built the Sioux Valley Hospital in 1930.
in the Dakota territory
The University of Sioux Falls is located in the state of South Dakota.
South Dakota