Yankton, South Dakota

==Education==
Yankton is served by the Yankton Public School District (K-12), Sacred Heart Catholic School (pK-8), and [[Mount Marty College]].

Yankton was once home to [[Yankton College]]; founded in 1881, it was the first [[liberal arts]] college in the [[Dakota Territory]]. The college closed in 1984.  The campus was acquired by the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] in 1988 for use as the Federal Prison Camp – Yankton.

The Yankton School District has a variety of [[extracurricular]] activities including athletics and non-athletics. The athletic teams are universal on all levels of education including the Yankton Middle School and the [[Yankton High School]]. The boys' athletic teams are known as the Yankton Bucks and the girls' teams are known as the Yankton Gazelles. Yankton's debate team is the host of the annual [[Lewis and Clark]] Debate Tournament, held on the last weekend of the month of January.

Yankton is home to [[Mount Marty University]], a private [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] Catholic institution of higher learning.<ref name="mountmarty.edu">{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Mount Marty University |url=https://www.mountmarty.edu/about-us/the-mount-marty-difference/history/ |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=www.mountmarty.edu}}</ref>  Mounty Marty College Academy was founded in 1922 and subsequently changed their name to Mount Marty College in 1951 when they became a four-year, baccalaureate degree granting institution.  The most recent change was the addition of doctoral programs and a transition to Mount Marty University in 2020.<ref name="mountmarty.edu"/>  Mount Marty University athletes are known as the Lancers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Marty University Athletics |url=https://www.mountmartyathletics.com/ |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=Mount Marty University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> and compete in the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NAIA |url=https://www.naia.org/schools/files/2021-22_NAIA_Institutions.pdf |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=NAIA |language=en}}</ref>