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Pierre, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed legislation creating South Dakota's first new state park since 1972.
The bill establishes a 615-acre state park at the Blood Run nature area along the Big Sioux River southeast of Sioux Falls.
It's the state's 13th state park.
Blood Run was designated a national historic landmark in 1970. The area along the Big Sioux River bordering Iowa was used by thousands of Oneota indians into the early 1700s. The area includes a large oak forest, rolling hills, flood plains, riverside bluffs and burial mounds.
Daugaard says the site is culturally significant, and it's important to preserve it for future generations.
