Stuff about South Dakota

Pulling over to snap some photos.

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

“No Indians Allowed.”

“That racist phrase was used to discriminate against our ancestors, our grandparents, and even our parents. They were kept from doing business, receiving the same services everyone else did, and obtaining gainful employment this way. They were threatened with violence because of it.

Laws have been passed and are enforced to protect Native civil rights. As Natives, we still experience prejudice in 2022, but never as blatant as the statement made by Connie Uhre, owner of the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, who on March 19, 2022, posted on social media that she was going to ban all Native Americans from the property.

Natives across South Dakota and the country are rightfully outraged. This racial discrimination is not acceptable.”

“The Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota banned all Natives from their establishment. So we marched through the city and served them a eviction notice, because the Black Hills still legally and morally belong to our Native People! This is the birthplace of our ancestors and the 1851 & 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties preserved the Black Hills by law for our people! Hoka hey!!!✊🏽💯🔥”

This black-billed magpie took advantage of Wind Cave National Park’s new bison ride-share program. 

One of America’s oldest national parks, you can find wildlife roaming, and riding through, the rolling prairie grasslands and forested hillsides.

Female bison (Bos bison)

Nomadland Chloé Zhao. 2020

Longhorn Saloon 17 Main St, Scenic, SD 57780, USA See in map