The first South Dakota state park created in more than forty years received a name intended to define the place while honoring its early residents and their descendants. Chosen in consultation with members of the Omaha, Ponca, Ioway, and other tribes, “Good Earth” refers for some to the historic peace established there by ancestral Omaha/Ponca and Ioway/Otoe residents through a ceremony with the Cheyenne and Arikara tribes. For others, the name refers to lands rich in the natural resources that supported the sophisticated village that thrived there. The park is part of Blood Run National Historic Landmark, established in 1970 to preserve the site of the large Indian village and trade center located there. “Blood Run” came from a nearby creek named by European explorers for the reddish color that iron gives its water.