National Park Quiz - Badlands

Can you guess these facts about Badlands National Park?
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US State
South Dakota
Any of the three counties covered by the park
Oglala Lakota, Pennington, or Jackson
Year designated as a national park
1978
US President that first designated the Badlands as a National Monument
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Native American tribe that once held title to the Badlands, before it was illegally confiscated by the US in 1889
Sioux
Kevin Costner movie where an army officer befriends the above tribe, partly filmed in the Badlands
Dances with Wolves
Ceremonial dance that last occurred on Stronghold Table in 1890, which was hoped to bring about the end of American westward expansion
Ghost Dance
Famous drugstore close to the park, offering free water and 5¢ coffee
Wall Drug
Name of the visitor center
Ben Reifel Visitor Center
Geological process by which the buttes and pinnacles of the Badlands form
Erosion
Badlands was established as a national monument to protect these petrified bones
Fossils
Endangered mustelid species re-introduced to the wild in Badlands
Black-footed ferret
Rodent that lives in a famous "town" within the park boundaries
Prairie dog
Large bovine re-introduced to the park in 1963, now numbering over 1,000 in the park
Bison
Nearest other site managed by the National Park Service, once housing nuclear weapons
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
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