The Dakota-of-South is a State of the north of the the United States, bordered in the west by the Wyoming and the Montana, in north by the Dakota-of-North, in the east by the Minnesota and the Iowa and in the south by the Nebraska.

History

The first inhabitants of the current Dakota-of-South were Amerindian . The French and other Europeans met several people such as the Omaha and the Arikara S (Ree S) at the 17th century. But at the 18th century, the prevalent people were the Sioux (Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota). In 1743, the brothers Vérendrye assert the grounds for the France, including it in large the French Louisiana. In 1803, the United States buys the whole with Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1817, a station of trade of the furs is established on the current site of Fort Pierre. During the 19th century, several forwardings like that of Lewis and Clark and Joseph Nicollet furrow the area. In 1855, the American army buys Fort Pierre but gives up it more the following year for Fort Randall in the south. Whereas white colonization extends, the tribes Amerindian born Yankton, Dakota and Sioux must sign a treaty in 1858 by which they yield the south-east of the current Dakota-of-South.

See also: Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Wounded Knee. Famous the Wild Bill Hickock was cut down in the back by Jack McCall when he played poker in a saloon of Deadwood (South Dakota).

Geography

Of a surface of 199  730 km ², the Dakota-of-South are populated of 754  844 inhabitants.

The capital of the Dakota-of-South east Pierre. See National Badlands Park

Main cities

Policy

The Dakota-of-South is a very preserving State and republican. The seven last elections of governor were gained by republicans who have also dominated the Parliament of the State for 30 years (except for a short interlude). It is also one of the States more pro-life (anti Avortement) of the country.

At the time of the two last presidential elections, the inhabitants of the Dakota-of-South voted by plebiscite the republican candidate George W. Bush with 60% of the voices compared with 37,5% with Al Gore in 2000 then 60% of the voices compared with 38,5% with John Kerry in 2004. The democratic victories with the presidential election in this State are very rare and the last goes back to 1964.

Since 2003, the governor of the Dakota-of-South is the republican Mike Rounds.

In 2005, the majority of the elected stations of the executive are held by republicans.

At the local level, during the legislature 2007-2008, the two rooms are dominated largely by the republicans (50 republicans against 20 democrats at the assembly and 20 Republican senators against 15 democrats with the senate).

At the national level, the senators of the State are the democratic Tim Johnson and the republican John Thune, which has demolishes in November 2004 the leader of the democratic minority to the senate, Tom Daschle. With the room of the representatives, the single elected official of the State is the democrat Stéphanie Herseth.

The first State to reconsider the right to the abortion

The March 4th 2006, the governor promulga a law, voted by the legislature of the State, prohibiting the near total of the Avortement S. South Dakota is thus the first State reopening the debate on the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, 33 years after its legalization by the Supreme court, in 1973. Henceforth in this State, to practice a Voluntary interruption of pregnancy (IVG) becomes again five years of prison a crime, punished, for the doctor, except if it is a question of saving the life of the mother. No different exception is tolerated including in the event of rape or of inceste.

The Family planning, which directs only the clinical practitioner the IVG of the State, announced that it was going to start the steps to fight this law in front of the courts while leading a campaign of petition claiming a vote by Référendum to the scale of the State. In the Indian reserve of Ridge Prick, Cecilia Fire Thunder is dislocated of its function of president of the tribe Oglala to have launched a project of private clinic of family planning on the territory of the reserve, to which the laws of South Dakota are not applied; shortly after to have relieved it, the tribal council instituted the prohibition of the abortion in the reserve.

The prohibition of the IVG in South Dakota was to come into effect at July 1st, 2006. It was initially suspended by appeals to justice. In November 2006, by Referendum, the voters rejected the law by approximately 55% of the voters. Several other States (the Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennesse and Indiana) also prepare texts restricting very strongly the abortion.

Economy

Culture

A meeting of motorcyclists in Harley-Davidson takes place every year in August to Sturgis in the North-West of the State.

This event gathers 500.000 people coming from all the country to attend the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Religion

Religious statistics:

  • Christian - 89%

    • Protestant - 63%
      • Lutherans - 28%
      • Méthodistes - 13%
      • Baptists - 4%
      • Presbytériens - 4%
      • Pentecôtistes - 2%
      • Congrégationnalistes - 2%
      • other Protestants - 10%
    • Catholic - 26%
  • other religions - 3%
  • without religion - 8%

The communities Lutherans (made up by the Scandinavian immigrants) and catholics dominate the religious landscape of South Dakota.

See too

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