Behind me is the awahi dam which sits just to the north of the city of pier. It was built in 1962 by the army corps of engineers some 162 years after lewis and clark had made their way up the Missouri River through this area. Come with us to the south Dakota Cultural Heritage Center to learn more about their journey. The lewis and Clark Expedition is key in u. S. History. The idea the expedition was to encourage more American Travel up Missouri River and more american trade with the American Indians. What the story is in south dakota, theres some interesting tales. First when you come to south dakota, Sergeant Floyd had died. Where sioux city is. When you got to what is now elk point, south dakota, they elected patrick gas as the first sargeant. The first election held in south dakota. Interestingly enough clarks slave york was allowed to vote in that election. A highly unusual situation. Further up the river they saw spirit mound, supposed to be inhabited by 18 high devils, of course,
Special event. A Panel Discussion on some of the Supreme Courts most significant landmark cases. When the stories of we the people become cases before the United States Supreme Court and when these cases result in the opinions of the court, history turns. The ways in which we think about and live under the constitution are reflected in the courts interpretations in both their Historical Context and their legacies. Some cases and the courts opinions in them so profoundly alter our constitutional understandings that they can only be rightly called landmark cases, markers of where we have traveled as a nation. As a part of an initiative begun in 2015, the National Constitution center partnered with cspan to create a 12part series illustrating the history, issues and people involved in monumental landmark cases. Through the resulting online videos and other classroom Resources Available at landmarkcases. Cspan. Org, students and educators can analyze some famous and infamous cases. Last ye