South Dakota

professional field of work. However, in South Dakota it doesn’t seem to be treated like one. Funding per student in South Dakota is significantly lower than the national amount, as well as the amount surrounding states give per student. In fact, according to the South Dakota Budget and Policy Institute funding per student is $2,000 less in South Dakota than the national average, and surrounding states give about $5,000 more per student than South Dakota. Investing in the future will eventually

Lets take a trip back in time to 1884 in the Black Hills of South Dakota. A New York lawyer had just traveled there to inspect mining claims in that region. The man 's name was Charles E. Rushmore. Rushmore was curious by one of the mountains and asked a towns person what the name of the mountain was. The towns person replied saying it had no name. From then on Charles Rushmore started calling it Rushmore Peak. Over time it became known as Mount Rushmore (history.com). During the following years

Women and Children Home in Rapid City, South Dakota addresses this need in this particular community. They serve pregnant women, single women, Veteran women, girls under the age of 18 with their mother, and boys under the age of 16 with their mother. A community assessment was completed on this population to identify strengths and their particular needs; interventions were then done based on these needs. Identification of Community Rapid City, South Dakota was established in 1876 by John Brennan

The Black Hills Institution in South Dakota has the rights to own Sue. They found her, claimed her, and even paid for her, meaning that the government should have nothing to do with who the owns her. In 1990, at the Ruth Mason Dinosaur Quarry in South Dakota, paleontologist Susan Hendrickson Ph.D., discovered some fossil bones on the side of a cliff. Her co-worker and one of the founders of The Black Hill Institution, Peter Larson, a paleontologist, helped uncover what was known as a Tyrannosaurus

Carrie Breitbach’s (2009) “The Geographies of a More Just Food System: Building Landscapes for Social Reproduction” revolves around the idea of bringing justice to the food system by rectifying landscape and social reproduction as a solution in South Dakota. In contrast, Peirce F. Lewis’s “Axioms for Reading the Landscape,” focuses on how to read and understand landscapes through a set of rules which he calls “axioms.” In the “Geographic (or Ecological) Axiom,” Lewis argues that studying a landscape

trip to South Dakota along with 25 other individuals. The purpose of this trip was to spread the love of Jesus Christ with the people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that may not know who He is. Despite the differences and challenges, the reward at the end of the trip made it all worth it. Even though the group I was a part of had the same goal in mind throughout the entire trip, there were many differences between everyone. Many adults had already

March 29, 1998 was just another typical day for headline news in Sioux Falls. The Argus Leader was filled with your everyday politics, sports, entertainment, weather, and life news. Eight inmates serving life sentence in the South Dakota State Penitentiary met to discuss better living conditions for all prisoners (Steen). On a more positive note, the annual Sioux Empire water festival was held at the University of Sioux Falls. Around 2,200 fourth graders, from surrounding communities, gather

This summer, as a volunteer with the Guildford Community Church, I flew out to the Sioux Reservation in South Dakota- home of the Native American Lakota tribe. Immediately I was introduced to an unimaginable degree of poverty. Hungry families were living in small rundown shacks. Soon after sunrise construction began- building a volunteer bunkhouse and renovating families homes. With growing mold, broken utilities, and overall structural deterioration, homes were unsafe living conditions for any human

Intramurals are great! South Dakota State university is just one of many university in the United States. Like most colleges, South Dakota state has Intramural sports for all classes of students. Intramurals are a positive influence to the college experience. Not only do Intramurals create great networking opportunities, friendships and memories. Intramurals can be great stress relievers and motivate students who may not be on a school sports team, to stay active. The responsibility of keeping

game hunting is a very common hobby in the United States and especially in South Dakota. There are many different types of Big Game in South Dakota. The types of Big Game include: Antelope, Bighorn Sheep, Elk, Mountain Goat, Mountain Lion, Turkey, and Deer (Hunting). The main attraction in the State is deer because they are found in every part of the state. There are two types of deer that are found in South Dakota, Mule Deer and Whitetail Deer. However, Mule Deer can sometimes be hard to