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Z.png|"Future Growth" Shows Native American imagery as well as elements from the current flag. By Ross Hettinger.
 
Z.png|"Future Growth" Shows Native American imagery as well as elements from the current flag. By Ross Hettinger.
 
south dakota faile4.png|South Dakota Pure White Medicine Wheel on a Faile Field.Using a redraw of the Artist Faile's American Art pattern the MW is drawn only in white. The star is a carry over gold colour. Design by Rotten Ali.
 
south dakota faile4.png|South Dakota Pure White Medicine Wheel on a Faile Field.Using a redraw of the Artist Faile's American Art pattern the MW is drawn only in white. The star is a carry over gold colour. Design by Rotten Ali.
South Dakota - Buffalo and Lakota.jpeg|South Dakota state flag proposed by Ken Morton. A simple bicolor in which black represents the buffalo and red the Lakota Sioux. (Also the flag of the now defunct, Kingdom of Wurttemberg.)
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South Dakota - Buffalo and Lakota.jpeg|South Dakota state flag proposed by Ken Morton. A simple bicolor in which black represents the buffalo and red the Lakota Sioux. (Also the flag of the now defunct, Kingdom of Wurttemberg.)
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ED1EBFF5-6277-4CC2-85EA-E4CC4B959719.png|Dick Termes designed proposal
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Southdakota.png|"Black Hills Flag" by [[User:SimplisticFlags|SimplisticFlags]]. January 2019. ([[User:SimplisticFlags/Flag Proposals/American States#South Dakota|details]])
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South Dakota New Flag.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge"
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South Dakota New Flag 3.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 2"
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South Dakota New Flag 4.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 3"
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South Dakota New Flag 14.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 4"
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South Dakota New Flag 15.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 5"
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South Dakota New Flag 16.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 6"
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South Dakota New Flag 17.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 7"
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South Dakota New Flag 19.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 8"
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South Dakota New Flag 20.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 9"
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South Dakota New Flag 21.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 10"
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South Dakota New Flag 12.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 11"
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South Dakota New Flag 13.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 12"
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South Dakota New Flag 10.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 13"
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South Dakota New Flag 11.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 14"
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South Dakota New Flag 8.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 15"
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South Dakota New Flag 9.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 16"
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South Dakota New Flag 18.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 17"
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South Dakota New Flag 2.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 18"
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South Dakota New Flag 5.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 19"
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South Dakota New Flag 6.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 20"
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South Dakota New Flag 7.png|SD Flag Proposal "apollohawkridge 21"
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Proposal flag south dakota shine.svg|Proposal "shine" for a flag for South Dakota. By [[User:Qaz_Janssen|Qaz]] Dec 2019 ([[User:Qaz Janssen/Proposals/Subnational/US-CTR#South Dakota|details]])
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SD_3b.png|Sun taken directly from current flag; yellow, black, and white stripes to symbolize SD's gold, Black Hills, and peace between peoples.
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SD_15.png|Sun taken directly from current flag; 9 stripes of white, black, and gold symbolize SD's 9 main native tribes.
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SD_17b.png|Wide black stripe at hoist w/yellow fimbriation for sun shining on Black Hills
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SD_17a.png|Same as above, with the inclusion of a howling coyote, SD state animal
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SD_17d.png|This version has 9 stripes, alternating grey and black. Four grey stripes for the four heads of Mt Rushmore; 9 total stripes for the 9 main native tribes of SD
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SD_17c.png|Same as above but with coyote silhouette
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South Dakota - Blue.png|Part of series of designs for state flags, all in blue and white. (Posted by Ken Morton)
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South Dakota Results s.png|Results of the Competition between 313 designs during the month of December 2019.
 
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Revision as of 20:53, 28 June 2020

The flag of the state of South Dakota is a field of sky blue charged with a navy blue and white version of the state seal in the center, surrounded by gold triangles representing sun rays, surrounded in turn by inscriptions in gold sans-serif capitals of "SOUTH DAKOTA" on top and "THE MOUNT RUSHMORE STATE" (the state nickname) on the bottom.

The first flag of South Dakota, adopted in 1909, consisted of a golden sun surrounded by the words "SOUTH DAKOTA" and "THE SUNSHINE STATE" on a blue field. In 1963, the seal was added, and in 1992, the inscription on the bottom was changed to the current one.

2012 proposal

SD Flag Proposal Dick Termes

SD flag proposal by Dick Termes, officially proposed in 2012

In January 2012, Representative Bernie Hunhoff sponsored a bill to adopt a new design for the state flag based on artwork by Dick Termes from Spearfish. Hunhoff introduced the bill on January 25, 2012; on February 6, the bill was amended to create the South Dakota State Flag Commission, which would have solicited submissions from the public for new flag designs and selected one to be considered by the 2013 legislature as the new state flag.

Immediately after being amended, the bill was "deferred to the 41st legislative day". Since the South Dakota legislative session is only 40 days long, this type of deferral effectively kills legislation.

Proposals for a New Flag of South Dakota

Shown below are designs that have been proposed for a new flag of South Dakota.