Many of the land ... South Dakota and developed as Custer State Park; the rest was part of the Black Hills National Forest.) South Dakota was also the site of the last major defeat of Native ...

The U.S. seized the land nine years later, forcing Native Americans to resettle on smaller, dispersed reservations. North and South Dakota were admitted as the 39th and 40th states in 1889.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden is reviving plans to give away Black Hills land near Mount Rushmore for President Trump to ...