WEB LINKS
 

https://history.sd.gov/Museum/education.aspx The Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society offers a variety of education kits on various topics:

Archaeology in South Dakota The Buffalo and the Plains Indians Indians and the Environment: Living on the Land

www.sdhspress.com The South Dakota Historical Society Press publishes and sells a wide variety of South Dakota history-related books.

https://history.sd.gov/Archaeology The Archaeological Research Center, a program of the South Dakota State Historical Society, offers various archaeology links and early South Dakota information.

http://www.mitchellindianvillage.org Additional information about the Prehistoric Indian Village near Mitchell, South Dakota, can be found here.

http://www.mammothsite.org The Hot Springs Mammoth web site offers information about the dig, with a special section for young people.

http://pbsdll.k12.sd.us/Downloads/7/10982/MammothSite2.pdf South Dakota Public Broadcasting's learning library includes a lesson centered on the Mammoth Springs Site in Hot Springs, that includes several videos related to the dig.

https://sdpb.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/paleo-sleuths-digging-deeper Paleo Sleuths - Digging Deeper, a PBS LearningMedia site, includes several lessons about paleontology on the Great Plains.

http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/section2/ndcities/BismarckMandan/knifelodges/cachepit.htm This site discusses the history of cache pits.

http://www.nebraskastudies.org/1800-1849/fur-traders-missionaries Nebraskastudies.org provides a brief rundown of the Upper Missouri Fur Trade and biographies of several key figures.

http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/section2/sdcities/pierre/verendrye.htm Photographs and information about the Verendrye Monument are located here.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/precontact-and-early-colonial-era/before-contact/a/plains-indian-culture This Khan Academy lesson gives an overview of American Indian tribes on the Great Plains.