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  • Collection: Pipestone, Minnesota: Home of “The Peace Pipe”

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Pipestone quarry, at the town of Pipestone, Minnesota in 1894. In the center with white gloves Big Thunder (John Wakerman), a Santee Sioux

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Pipestone quarry, at the town of Pipestone, Minnesota.

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Quarriers pull out a piece of pipestone.

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Different Native American people carve sacred pipes from the pipestone quarries in Pipestone, MN. These pipes are used for spiritual as well as commercial use by different people.

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The Three Maidens are the one of the first things a visitor sees at the park, when driving in towards the visitor center. The Maidens sit at the edge of the park property on a manicured lawn.

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Travis Erikson, a fourth generation pipestone artist, works as a cultural interpreter for that National Park Service