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Fact 1 - South Dakota is a state of the north-central western US which lies mostly in the Great Plains. The indigenous people of this state included various tribes of Native Americans. The Plains Indians were nomadic hunter gatherers.

Fact 2 - The Great Plains area covers parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming
Fact 3 - Names of Border States: Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wyoming
Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the state: South Dakota is the land of the famous Sioux or Dakota Indians. Dakota Territory and later South Dakotans were named for the tribe.
Fact 5 - Features of the area: Prairie plains in the east; rolling hills of the Great Plains in the west; Black Hills in the southwest corner.
Fact 6 - The Indians of South Dakota included the Mandan, Arapaho, Arikara, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Dakota Indians tribes
Fact 7 - The Mandan
Fact 8 - Many of the Arapaho tribes of Colorado moved to the Great Plains. The Great Plains Indians lived in tepees. The name 'Arapaho' is believed to be a corruption of the Pawnee word for 'traders.' Since 1878 the Northern Arapaho Nation has lived with the Eastern Shoshone on the Wind River Reservation.
Fact 9 - The Arikara were a semi-nomadic tribe who lived on the banks of the upper Missouri River from the 14th century. Their permanent houses were Earth Lodges but they used tepees when hunting buffalo.
Fact 10 - The Cheyenne tribe are one of the famous tribes of the Great Plains. The cholera epidemic reached the Plains Indians in 1849 resulting in huge loss of life
Fact 11 - The Chippewa people were members of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior. The people's name, is given as Ojibwe in Canada but as Chippewa in the United States. The Chippewa waged extremely violent war on their enemies - they were so feared that the French considered the complete annihilation of this tribe.
Fact 12 - The Dakota Sioux: The Sioux were the largest Indian tribe and comprised of three major divisions based on Sioux dialect and subculture: The Santee or Eastern Dakota tribes. The western Sioux, known for their hunting and warrior culture, are often referred to as the Lakota. The middle Sioux are often referred to as the Yankton or the Western Dakota, incorrectly classified as “Nakota”