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Edward C.

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota: The National Monument Carved into a Stolen Sacred Mountain

Mount Rushmore was blasted into a Lakota sacred mountain by a Klan-tied sculptor, on land the Supreme Court ruled stolen. It started as a tourist stunt.

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Deadwood, South Dakota: The Lawless Gold Town Where Wild Bill Died and the Wild West Became Legend

Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead here weeks after arriving, in a gold town that wasn't even legally allowed to exist. This is where the Wild West myth was born.

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Diego A.

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Wounded Knee: The 1890 Massacre That Ended the American Indian Wars

In 1890, the U.S. Army fired cannons into a camp of starving families on a South Dakota creek. Twenty soldiers got the Medal of Honor for it. What happened at Wounded Knee.

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Sophia R.

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota: The National Monument Carved into a Stolen Sacred Mountain

South Dakota

Deadwood, South Dakota: The Lawless Gold Town Where Wild Bill Died and the Wild West Became Legend

Wounded Knee: The 1890 Massacre That Ended the American Indian Wars

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