These specifications mostly occur in non-European contexts – such as the coat of arms of Nunavut and the former Republic of Bophuthatswana, with the arms of North Dakota ( as distinguished from its seal ) providing an even more unusual example, while the State of Connecticut specifies a " rococo " shield – but not completely, as the Scottish Public Register records an escutcheon of oval form for the Lanarkshire Master Plumbers ' and Domestic Engineers ' ( Employers ') Association, and a shield of square form for the Anglo Leasing organisation.

*** State of North Dakota, 1889

*** State of South Dakota, 1889

* March 8 – North Dakota State University is founded in Fargo, North Dakota.

The Kansas and North Dakota state quarters, part of the " 50 State Quarter " series, each feature bison.

* North Dakota State University

* Lawrence Welk Collection at North Dakota State University

“ The Songs of Amilcare Ponchielli .” Diss., North Dakota State University.

South Dakota State University is the largest university in the U. S. state of South Dakota, located in Brookings.

The first building, with funding from the territorial legislature, was built in 1883, six years before the State of South Dakota was incorporated.

The name was changed in 1904 to South Dakota State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts.

In 1964, the name was changed to South Dakota State University, reflecting the more comprehensive education offered at the university.

Sylvan Theater on the South Dakota State University campus.

" The 300 + member SDSU Marching Band, " The Pride of the Dakotas ", given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature, has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D. C .; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington DC which was broadcast on PBS ; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California making them the second collegiate band in the history of the Rose Bowl to be invited to march twice when their team was not competing ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004, in the company of two other college bands and 60-some high school bands from across the state.

The Dakota Marker is the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football game played between the South Dakota State University ( SDSU ) Jackrabbits and the North Dakota State University ( NDSU ) Bison.

South Dakota State football owns one Great West Conference championship in 2007.

South Dakota State recently has released a master plan for renovations in its athletic department.

On January 1, 2007, David Chicoine became the 19th President of South Dakota State University.

( After graduation from the University of Chicago, Paula taught for two years in the normal school at Valley City, North Dakota, then two years at Princeton ( Illinois ) Township High School.

Teams at the University of South Dakota and the College of Idaho are " Coyotes ".

Dean Ormsby Torrence ( born Los Angeles, California March 10, 1940 ), is the son of Natalie Ormsby Torrence ( born April 10, 1911 in California ; died August 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California ) and Maurice Dean Torrence ( born December 5, 1907 in South Dakota ; died November 16, 1997 in Los Angeles, California ), a graduate of Stanford University, who was a sales manager at the Wilshire Oil Company.

Lawrence attended St. Olaf College in Minnesota, but he transferred to the University of South Dakota after his first year.

Category: University of South Dakota alumni

* Geological information and several microscopic images University of North Dakota

* University of North Dakota description of rhyolite

The county seat is Vermillion, which is also home to the University of South Dakota.

More recently, some, including University of North Dakota law professor Eric E. Johnson, have argued that patents in different kinds of industries – such as software patents – should be protected for different lengths of time.

With the third overall pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, the team selected Jonathan Toews, who led the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey team to the 2006 NCAA Frozen Four.

* Huron University, a former institution in South Dakota

* Huron University USA in London, an American institution in the United Kingdom, formerly affiliated with Huron University in South Dakota and since become independent

In sixteen states, the fiscal year ending of the cities ( June 30 ) is the same as that of the state: Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Hawaii ).

The 1961 theme is the Dakota Territorial Centennial, with the pictures including the Lewis and Clark expedition, the first river steamboat, the 1876 gold rush, a little red schoolhouse on the prairie, and today's construction of large Missouri River reservoirs.

In the badlands of South Dakota, a banshee is said to wail upon a hill near Watch Dog Butte.

* 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician ( former member of The Beatles ), and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.

* 1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota ; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.

Kansas City is situated at the junction between the Dakota and Minnesota ice lobes during the maximum late Independence glaciation of the Pleistocene epoch.

Baum's description of Kansas in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is based on his experiences in drought-ridden South Dakota.

Manitoba is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut and Northwest Territories to the north, and the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

North Dakota () is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States, along the Canadian border.

The state is bordered by Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west.

North Dakota is the 19th most extensive, but the 3rd least populous and the 4th least densely populated of the 50 United States.

North Dakota is considered to be in the U. S. region known as the Great Plains.

The state shares the Red River of the North with Minnesota on the east ; South Dakota is to the south, Montana is to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are north.

North Dakota is situated near the middle of North America with a stone marker in Rugby, North Dakota marking the " Geographic Center of the North American Continent ".

With an area of, North Dakota is the 19th largest state.

The FLDS Church is estimated to have 10, 000 members residing in the sister cities of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona ; Eldorado, Texas ; Westcliffe, Colorado ; Mancos, Colorado ; Creston and Bountiful, British Columbia ; and Pringle, South Dakota.

A possible third species, which Kellner named Geosternbergia maysei in 2010, is known from the Sharon Springs member of the Pierre Shale Formation in Kansas, Wyoming, and South Dakota, dating to between 81. 5 and 80. 5 million years ago.

Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U. S. states of Montana and North Dakota.

Saskatchewan is part of the Western Provinces and is bounded on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Montana and North Dakota.

The country's total area is 196 190 km² of which 192 000 km² is land and 4 190 km² is water, making the nation slightly smaller than Britain or the U. S. state of South Dakota.