Shoemaker noted how the same organization rated the South Dakota state flag 68th out of 72 flags in a different study, with only the Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and Georgia flags worse.

If South Dakota’s experience in tampering with tradition is at all instructive to Mr. Harr’s goal of creating a flag as recognizable as those of Colorado, Alaska or New Mexico, however, he ...

Blue skies and sunshine translate to a perfect summer day. Those elements are reflected in South Dakota’s flag. The story of the state’s banner began in 1909, when State Sen. Ernest May of ...

The South Dakota governor made some progress on an initiative to get the state's tribes to let their flags fly in the capitol — only to have a setback over her comments about crime on tribal lands.