Editing Scouting in South Dakota (section)

==Boy Scouts of America in South Dakota today==

There are two [[Boy Scouts of America]] (BSA) local councils serving [[South Dakota]]. All of South Dakota lies within Central Region as part of Area C1A

===Black Hills Area Council===
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The Black Hills Area Council was granted a charter by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America in 1930. It serves (as of when?) over 3,700 youth members in Western South Dakota and Eastern Wyoming.

====Organization====
The Black Hills Area Council has one district, the Rushmore District.

====Camps====
In 1976 the Black Hills Area Council established Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch, its year-round camping facility which hosts both unit and family groups.{{cn|date=December 2013}}

===Mid America Council===
{{Main|Mid-America Council}}
The '''Mid-America Council''' offers programs in 58 counties in [[Nebraska]], [[Iowa]] and [[South Dakota]]. The Mid-America Council was formed from a merger of the Covered Wagon Council and the Southwest Iowa Council in 1965. The first recorded Scouting in the area was in 1918 as the Omaha Council. In 2000 the council merged with the Prairie Gold Area Council in [[Sioux City, Iowa]].

===Northern Lights Council===
{{Main|Northern Lights Council}}
The '''Northern Lights Council''' serves [[North Dakota]], and counties in South Dakota, northwest Minnesota and northeast [[Montana]].

===Sioux Council===
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'''Sioux Council''' serves Scouts in South Dakota, [[Iowa]] and [[Minnesota]].
====Organization====
* Buffalo Ridge District
* Five Rivers District
* Lewis and Clark Trail District
* North Star District
* Pheasant District
* Prairie Hills District
====Camps====
Sioux Council operates the Lewis & Clark Scout Camp at [[Tabor, South Dakota|Tabor, SD]]; and Camp Iyataka at [[Wilmot, South Dakota|Wilmot, SD]].

====Order of the Arrow====
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'''Tetonwana Lodge''' is the local lodge of the [[Order of the Arrow]] for Sioux Council. The Tetonwana Lodge was chartered in 1937 and serves Scouts in the states of [[South Dakota]], [[Minnesota]]. and [[Iowa]].

On January 1, 1978, Tetonwana Lodge #105 and Iyatonka Lodge #460 merged.  This merger was the result of a merger between Sioux Council and Pheasant Council.

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