39th State
November 2, 1889 |
North
Dakota |
The Midwest |
Flag of the State of North
Dakota
State Abbreviation: ND
Nickname: Peace Garden State, Flickertail State, Roughrider State
Origin of Name: From the Dakota or Sioux tribe, meaning "allies" or "friends".
North Dakota State:
North Dakota State Symbols
Capital: Bismarck
Motto: Liberty and union, now and forever: one and inseparable
North Dakota State Seal
Beverage: Milk
Bird: Western
Meadowlark
Dance: Square
Dance
Fish: Northern Pike
Flower: Wild Prairie Rose
Fossil: Teredo Petrified Wood
Grass: Western
Wheatgrass
Honorary Equine: Nokota
Horse
Song: North Dakota Hymn
Tree: American
Elm
Things to Know
Writing Rock, twelve miles northeast of Grenora, is a large glacial
boulder covered with Indian pictographs.
The geographic center of North America is near the town of Rugby,
North Dakota.
One of North Dakota's nicknames is the Peace Garden State. This
nickname honors the International
Peace Garden.
Dakota is most often called the Flickertail State, because of the
many Richardson
ground squirrels that are abundant in North Dakota.
Land regions. North Dakota has three major land regions: in the east
the flat Red River Valley and the rolling drift prairie and in the
west the Missouri plateau of the Great Plains.
North Dakota's top industry is agriculture (farming).
North Dakota is one of the largest producers of crude petroleum in the nation.
Major rivers: James River, Missouri River, Red River
Famous North Dakotans
Sakakawea (1784-1884?), Shoshone Indian woman who, with her husband
Toussaint Charbonneau, served as interpreter and guide for the Lewis
& Clark Expedition.
Things to Do
North Dakota State Bird and State Flower Printable Color Page.
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Things to Do-Other Sites
The Department of Fish & Wildlife-Kids Page
Learn
about North Dakota wildlife. Has color pages, word search, and more.
Lesson Plans
Wheat
Commission's Fun for Kids
Activity pages and color pages for grades pre-5.
Missouri River Boats
A history of navigation on the Missouri River
from bullboats to steamboats. Download: riverboats.pdf
Sites to See
Camping
With the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
Alice Fletcher (1834-1923) was America's first woman anthropologist
and a pioneer in the study of Native American culture and society. In
1881 she traveled to the Dakota Territory where she lived with Sioux
women and recorded their way of life. Includes a photo gallery and a
few Sioux folktales. Read her diary online.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
The National Park Service site.
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