Dakota Life
Stories about interesting South Dakota people, places, and things. New episodes on TV and online the second Thursday of each month, September - June
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Greetings from Wessington Springs
Most cities shape the landscape they’re on, but in Wessington Springs it’s the other way around.
Native American Voices
Dakota Life episodes featuring South Dakota's Native American Communities
Dakota Life Detours Off the Beaten Path
Experience a world-class museum in Timber lake and take a peek at who makes those Wall Drug signs.
Dakota Life November 1999
We visit barns, sod house and one room schoolhouses across South Dakota.
Dakota Life Detours The Highline of the Black Hills
Join SDPB as we take a ride on the most scenic railway of the Black Hills and learn its history.
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To highlight the upcoming episode of Dakota Life, we share about the town of Garretson and its origins. -
The Missouri and the Big Sioux Rivers have shaped Elk Point, South Dakota. Come with SDPB to take in the landscapes and the towns history. -
Darts are a classic bar game, but in Elk Point and other communities around South Dakota - they have become a way to pull the community into fundraising for families while they fight cancer. -
J.J. Curry and his sons started the first hybrid seed corn company in South Dakota, today, a new generation is taking over this family business.
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Tena and Molly are sisters who grew up making lefse with their grandmothers, aunts, mother and cousins. SDPB visited the sisters in 2020 as they continued the tradition each Christmas season. -
River View Tree Farm near Canton has thousands of trees planted that will grow into a Christmas centerpiece over the next decade. SDPB visited the farm in 2020 to pick out the perfect tree. -
To highlight the upcoming episode of Dakota Life, we share about the town of Britton and its origins.
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