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Heritage Fund:
SD Experience |
Completed in 1989, the 63,000-square-foot Cultural
Heritage Center is the State of South Dakota's lasting legacy centennial projects and the
headquarters for the State Historical Society. This $6.5 million facility brings the
staff, service, and collections of all the Society's Pierre-based programs into a single
building. While the State of South Dakota has underwritten construction of the Center and
the furnishings for administrative, collection storage, and support and work areas,
private support is being sought for the fabrication and installation of the museum
exhibits.
The South Dakota Heritage Fund, the Society's
nonprofit partner, has raised $2.2 million for the completion of the first two phases of
The
South Dakota Experience, Proving Up and Oyate Tawicoh'an. These permanent exhibits will serve as the centerpiece for
the interpretive program at the Cultural Heritage Center. For more information on
contributing to or underwriting an exhibit, contact Jay D. Vogt, Executive Director, South
Dakota Heritage Fund, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2217; call 605-773-3458; or
e-mail to
Jay.Vogt@state.sd.us.
Oyate
Tawicoh'an
In the language of Oceti Sakowin, the nation some call the
Sioux, Oyate Tawicoh'an means The Ways of the People.
This exhibit focuses on the importance of kinship obligations, which
determine an individual’s place in the tribe and the universe, and
the values of courage, wisdom, generosity, and fortitude as
prescriptions for daily living.
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Proving Up
Shown above is "Kitty," the Medora-Deadwood stagecoach, on exhibit in
Proving Up.
From
the placing of the Verendrye Plate in 1743, to the final fight for the
state capital in 1904, this exhibit tells the story of the native
peoples, explorers, trappers, traders, settlers, missionaries,
soldiers, and statesmen that played a part in the making of South
Dakota.
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Changing Times, the third and final
phase of The South Dakota Experience, presents the development of
South Dakota during the 20th century - the challenges of climate, economy,
and new agricultural technology.
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