December 15, 1890 South Dakota Hunkpapa Lakota holy man and leader Sitting Bull is killed at the Standing Rock reservation Sitting Bull had previously been in attendance during the Ghost Dance Movement, a religious movement encouraging the revitalization of Native culture and religion in the face of forced assimilation of Native people by the government.…
Farmers’ reception drive off President’s son
September 3, 1902 Arlington, South Dakota Citizens opposed to President Teddy Roosevelt gave the President's son a chilly welcome when the younger Roosevelt visited their town to hunt prairie chickens, one going so far as to set his dogs on him. Clipping: The Chicago Daily Tribune, September 4, 1902 Horrific history from today: 1878: Reverend murders…