What happened in South Dakota in 1976? This is for an American History report.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 26 Aug 2002 17:17 PDT

Are you looking for a certain single event that happened in South
Dakota in 1976, or an overview of events? If the latter, approximately
how long a list do you require?

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Clarification of Question by nikoleb23-ga on 26 Aug 2002 20:42 PDT

I am trying to help my sister with a High School project in US
History. She drew South Dakota, 1976 and she has to create a poster of
what happened, we assumed some major historical event happened there
(at first we though wounded knee, only to learn that event occured in
1973) Oh, and we also found the thing about the sodomy law, but
seriously would that be a history project in high school? :) Alas, I
turn to you, the professional for help.

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Request for Question Clarification by tlspiegel-ga on 26 Aug 2002 21:47 PDT

Hi,

I'm curious about one thing.  Are you interested in 1976 or 1776?  In
1976 all the states had events happening because of the 200th year
anniversary... especially on July 4th, 1976.

Thanks,

tlspiegel-ga

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Clarification of Question by nikoleb23-ga on 27 Aug 2002 08:05 PDT

Nope it isn't 1776. My sister will be asking her teacher today if he
is correct about the date, or if it is a typo....I will let you know
if the year changes. (Bicentennial isn't what we're looking for)

I would guess it's a typo.  Are they studying a particular time
period?  Is this an Advanced Honors course where they would be
studying obscure topics?

1876 Gold Rush in Sioux Territory, leading to Little Big Horn
(notice, nothing for 1976)
http://www.sdhistory.org/soc_hist.htm
http://www.mediasd.com/facts/twohundred.asp
http://www.bartleby.com/65/st/SthDak.html

Homesteading ended.
"1976
Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 
Congress established as policy to retain public lands in public
ownership, to identify and inventory their resources, to provide for
multiple and sustainable uses. Homestead Laws repealed everywhere but
Alaska, where it ended in 1986."
http://americanfrontiers.net/timeline/

North Dakota
http://www.state.nd.us/hist//chrono.htm

Killings did continue after Wounded Knee II until 1976
http://www.aics.org/WK/pineridge.html