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The Dakota name is reflected in the name of the Spirit Lake Tribe and the nearby town of Minnewaukan. [6] European-American settlers misconstrued this name to mean "Bad Spirit Lake", or "Devils Lake". [6] The "bad" referred to the high salinity of the lake, making it unfit to drink, and "spirit" meant the mirages often seen across the water. [6]
The Corn Palace, commonly advertised as The World's Only Corn Palace and the Mitchell Corn Palace, is a multi-purpose arena/facility located in Mitchell, South Dakota, United States. The Moorish Revival building is decorated with crop art ; the murals and designs covering the building are made from corn and other grains, and a new design is ...
Following the conclusion of the Dakota War of 1862, several displaced Dakota people (who now form the Spirit Lake Tribe) had been relocated to the area around Devils Lake. During the mid-1860s, Major General John Pope had put forth plans to create a line of forts across the newly formed Dakota Territory. One of these was to be located on the ...
Jan. 7—The Hoop City Classic has become a sports tradition in the Mitchell area and South Dakota high school sports. Since 2015, it has involved games at both the Corn Palace and the Sanford ...
The theme of the 2024 murals is famous South Dakotans, and Barker grew up in the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission, South Dakota. Bob Barker Mural at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD pic ...
White Horse Hill National Game Preserve (Dakota: Šúŋkawakháŋ Ská Pahá, formerly known as Sullys Hill National Game Preserve) is a National Wildlife Refuge and nature center located on the shore of Devils Lake in Benson County, North Dakota, within the Spirit Lake Tribe reservation.
The present site of Devils Lake is historically territory of the Dakota people.The Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cut-Head bands of Dakotas were relocated to the Spirit Lake Reservation as a result of the 1867 treaty with the United States that established a reservation for Dakotas who had not been forcibly relocated to Crow Creek Reservation in what is now called South Dakota.
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie is a state park in Clay County, South Dakota, United States, featuring a prominent hill on the Great Plains.The Plains Indians of the region considered Spirit Mound the home of dangerous spirits or little people; members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition climbed it on August 25, 1804.