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South Dakota State Symbols, Songs, and Emblems
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| Designation | Symbol / Emblem | Adopted |
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Sources...The State of South Dakota. South Dakota Codified Laws. Pierre: State of South Dakota. Web. 26 Jul 2011. <http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/TitleList.aspx>.
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| Great seal | Find out more... | 1885 | ||||
| Floral emblem | American pasque flower, May flower (Pulsatilla hirsutissima) | 1903 | ||||
| Bird | Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus culchicus) | 1943 | ||||
| Song | "Hail, South Dakota," by Deecort Hammitt | 1943 | ||||
| Tree | Black Hills spruce (Picea glauca densata) | 1947 | ||||
| Animal | Coyote (Canis latrans) | 1949 | ||||
| Flag | Find out more... | 1963 | ||||
| Gemstone | Fairburn agate | 1966 | ||||
| Mineral stone | Rose quartz | 1966 | ||||
| Grass | Western wheat grass (Agropyron smithii) | 1970 | ||||
| Insect | Honey bee (Apis mellifera) | 1978 | ||||
| Fish | Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) | 1982 | ||||
| Drink | Milk | 1986 | ||||
| Fossil | Triceratops | 1988 | ||||
| Jewelry | Black Hills gold | 1988 | ||||
| Musical instrument | Fiddle | 1989 | ||||
| Soil | Houdek soil | 1990 | ||||
| Common language | English | 1995 | ||||
| Hall of fame | The South Dakota Hall of Fame, Chamberlain | 1996 | ||||
| Dessert | Kuchen | 2000 | ||||
| Fishing museum | The Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry, Webster | 2004 | ||||
| Sport | Rodeo | 2003 | ||||
| Bread | Fry bread | 2005 | ||||
| Mining museum | Black Hills Mining Museum in Lead | 2014 | ||||
Making laws in South Dakota
The South Dakota Legislature offers a complete Students Guide to the Legislature to help us understand how the legislature works and how laws are made in South Dakota. More information is offered in a section titled General Information.
Additional Information
South Dakota
Facts and Symbols
Kathy Feeney
South Dakota Facts and Symbols, by Kathy Feeney. 24 pages. Publisher: Capstone Press; Rev Upd edition (August 2003) Reading level: Grades 3-4. Interest level: Grades 3-9. Perfect for report writing! Easy-to-read text covers major South Dakota symbols such as the state flag, seal, bird, tree, flower, animal, and more. A "Fast Facts" section highlights the state's capital city, largest city, physical size, population, natural resources, farm products, and primary manufactured goods. Also included are full-page maps that introduce the concept of the map key, which is great for teaching map-reading skills.
State Names, Seals
Flags and Symbols
Benjamin F. Shearer
Barbara S. Shearer
State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols, by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer. 544 pages. Greenwood Press; 3 Sub edition (October 30, 2001) This is one of the best, and most comprehensive, books we could find about the official state names and nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, capitols, flowers, trees, birds, songs, and miscellaneous designations of each state. This, coupled with the 1938 Shankle book, formed the basis of our symbol library. If you're serious about your states symbols, you'll want to have this book and the one below. This book also contains information about state holidays, license plates, sports teams, universities and other trivia.
State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols, by George Earlie Shankle. 522 pages. Reprint Services Corp; Revised edition (June 1971) Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. The first comprehensive book about our state symbols! From the preface: "This book grew out of the desire of its author to know, about his native state, a great many facts which he found exceedingly difficult to obtain. After three years of research in the Library of Congress, he is able to give to the public this storehouse of information, which could have been gathered from not library less fertile in source material..."
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