Seal of South Dakota Small 320×317 Medium 640×635 Large 1024×1015 Download Tiff Original 2400×2380 | (1.5 MB) Description The Great Seal of the State of South Dakota, 1889. The seal shows hills, a river and a boat, a farmer, a mine, and cattle. The state motto is above and reads "Under God the People Rule." Keywords America, boat, cattle, farmer, great seal of South dakota, hills, mine, river, South Dakota seal, state motto, State Seal, United States, US state Galleries South Dakota, State Flags and Seals Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)