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'''Vermillion''' ({{lang-lkt|'''Waséoyuze'''}};<ref>{{cite book|last=Ullrich|first=Jan F.|title=New Lakota Dictionary|url=http://www.lakotadictionary.org/nldo.php|edition=2nd|year=2014|publisher=Lakota Language Consortium|location=Bloomington, IN|isbn=978-0-9761082-9-0}}</ref> "The Place Where [[Vermilion]] is Obtained") is a city inand the [[county seat]] of [[Clay County, South Dakota|Clay County]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> It is in the southeastern corner of [[South Dakota]], United States, and is the state's [[List of cities in South Dakota|12th-most populous city]]. According to the [[2020 United States Census|2020 Census]], the population was 11,695. The city lies atop a bluff near the [[Missouri River]].

The area has been home to [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes for centuries. French fur traders first visited in the late 18th century. [[Vermillion County, Indiana|Vermillion]] was founded in 1859 and incorporated in 1873. The name refers to the Lakota name: ''wa sa wak pa'la'' (red stream). Home to the [[University of South Dakota]], Vermillion has a mixed academic and rural character: the university is a major academic institution for the state, with its only law and medical schools and its only [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business|AACSB]]-accredited business school. Major farm products include [[corn]], [[soybeans]], and [[alfalfa]].

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The [[University of South Dakota]]'s [[National Music Museum]] (NMM) is accredited by the [[American Alliance of Museums]] in Washington, D.C., and is recognized as "A Landmark of American Music" by the [[National Music Council]]. It includes more than 15,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/|title = University of South Dakota|access-date = July 28, 2014|website = National Music Museum|publisher = University of South Dakota}}</ref> The [https://whovermuseum.org/ W.H. Over Museum] was founded in 1883 and is South Dakota's oldest natural and cultural history museum. Its collections include fossils, botanical and biological specimens, and cultural items related to the history of inhabitants of South Dakota and the Upper Northern Plains.<ref>{{Cite web |title=W. H. OVER MUSEUM – South Dakota's oldest natural & cultural history museum |url=https://whovermuseum.org/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=whovermuseum.org}}</ref> The [[Austin–Whittemore House]] was originally built in 1884 and has since been transformed into a historic house museum. It also serves as the headquarters of the Clay County Historical Society. Built five years prior to South Dakota statehood, this house is one of the few surviving 19th century structures in the vicinity of Vermillion. Its builder, Horace J. Austin, came from one of the first groups of settlers to arrive in Dakota in 1859.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2015 |title=The AUSTIN WHITEMORE HOUSE |url=http://www.cchssd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Story-of-the-Austin-Whittemore-House.pdf |website=Clay County Historical Society}}</ref>

During the summers ofIn 2019 and 2020, Reyna Hernandez was([[Yankton theSioux leadTribe artistof onSouth Dakota]]) led the painting of two murals on the Coyote Twin Building that form a larger cohesive mural.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Story Behind the Vermillion Community Mural Project|url=https://www.wearesouthdakota.com/humanities-culture/mural-story|access-date=2020-12-10|website=We Are South Dakota|language=en}}</ref> Hernandez, of the Yankton-Sioux Tribe, was assisted by Elizabeth Skye of the ([[Standing Rock Sioux Tribe]]). Inkpa Mani (Javier Lara-Ruiz<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jasmine |title=Artist Resigns From Public Art Commission After Native Communities Raise Questions |url=https://hyperallergic.com/761417/inkpa-mani-resigns-from-project-amid-controversy/ |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=Hyperallergic |date=15 September 2022}}</ref>) led group discussions to help create imagery centeredtaken aroundfrom [[Native Americans andin the United States|Native American]] creation stories.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 July 30, 2020|title=Credit Hour Interviews Artist Reyna Hernandez about Indigenous Media Representation|url=https://www.usd.edu/NEWS/2020/CREDIT-HOUR-INTERVIEWS-ARTIST-REYNA-HERNANDEZ-ABOUT-INDIGENOUS-MEDIA-REPRESENTATION|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=University of South Dakota|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623052745/https://www.usd.edu/NEWS/2020/CREDIT-HOUR-INTERVIEWS-ARTIST-REYNA-HERNANDEZ-ABOUT-INDIGENOUS-MEDIA-REPRESENTATION|archive-date=23 June 2021}}</ref>