Reading about South Dakota

Here are some recommendations:

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

:-) To elaborate
The Little House books in order (which deal with South Dakota):
By The Shores of Silver Lake - deals with the move to Dakota Territory, the establishment of De Smet township (Huron county), the building of the railroad.
The Long Winter - a very harsh Dakota prairie winter. Harrowing, but not as horrifying as the truth of that winter either.
Little Town on the Prairie - the town grows up.
These Happy Golden Years - and so does the author.
The First Four Years - farming in the late 1880s, and how Dakota Territory suffered (leading to the dustbowl of the 1890s)

Related non-fiction:
Looking For History on Highway 14 by John E. Miller
Little Town: Where History and Literature Meet by John E. Miller

Thanks, BoPeep! I was just transferring books from the original list over here. I'm happy to see additional recommendations and info.

Land that Moves, Land that Stands Still by Kent Nelson

I'd suggest Bachelor Bess: The Homesteading Letters of Elizabeth Corey as a non-fiction option. An incredible account of a young woman who leaves her home in Iowa to homestead, alone, on the South Dakota prairie. I read this years ago, and still marvel at how she survived.

Deadwood and The Children's Blizzard are both set there. Here's even more...

http://avidreader25.blogspot.com/2012/10/reading-states-south-dakota.html