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O h ey aw ah i/Pilo t K n o b is lo cated at 21 00
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O h ey aw ah i/Pilo t K n o b can be v is ited ev ery day du rin g day lig h t h o u rs .
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acilities .
P le a s e t a k e o n ly p ic t u r e s , le a v e o n ly fo o t p r in t s .
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Am erican m ilitary p res en ce.
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F irs t s team bo at arriv es at F o rt Sn ellin g .
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Pilo t K n o b is p ro p o s ed to be th e s ite f r th e
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M in n es o ta territo rial cap ito l.
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851
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k n o w n as W o tak u y e Pah a,“th e h ill o fall th e relativ es , a s acred
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p lace n am ed by D ak o ta p eo p le cen tu ries ag o .Th is h ill h as been a
g ath erin g p lace f r D ak o ta,O jibw e,an d I w a p eo p le,an d a p lace f r
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cerem o n ies an d bu rials .Pilo t K n o b w as th e s ite o fs ig n in g o fth e
Treaty o f1 851 ,w h ich tran s f
erred 35 m illio n acres o fD ak o ta lan d to
th e U n ited States .I th e w in ter o f1 862-63,1 300 D ak o ta m en ,
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w o m en ,an d ch ildren w ere co n f ed in a f ced cam p o n th e
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Hek™a ahaåna Ikce Wicaß™a paha ¶iå de Oheyawahi eya
cażeyatapi. Dehan ißto Wo™a¶uya Paha eya¡i. Wakaå dapi
naka nina ohoda¡i. Ikce Wicaßta ded wace¶iya¡i k’a na¶uå
wo™a¶uye ewicawanpapi. Ded na¶uå Treaty of 1851 owa¡i.
De wowa¡i ¶iå Dakod makoce maka oß¡e ¶e¶to¡awiå¥e
¶e¶to¡awiå¥e wikcemna yamni sam zaptaå uå icu¡i.
Hehan 1862-1863 waniye™u ecun wico¶a߶e ti wan ka¥a¡i.
Na¶uå cuå¶a߶e wan ahomni ehdepi. He detaåhaå mni
akasam™u. Ded Ikce Wicaß™a wica, wiåyaå k’a na¶uå
wakaå iża wicopiya pazo wicayuha¡i. Wico™a t’a¡i. Na¶uå
uå¥e ded wica®a¡i.
D ak o ta an d allied n ativ e p eo p les in h abit m u ch o f
M in n es o ta w h en F ren ch traders an d m is s io n aries
f t en ter th e area.
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m o s t o fth e area n o w k n o w n as s o u th eas tern
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H en ry H as tin g s Sibley (later M in n es o ta’ f t
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elected g o v ern o r) tak es ch arg e o fth e Am erican
F u r Co m p an y p o s t at M en do ta.
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rem ain ed.Th e M en do ta M dew ak an to n D ak o ta Co m m u n ity co n tin u es to day .
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Te x t fro m Pilo t K n o b h is to ric a l m a rk e rs ;D a k o ta v e rs io n c o u rte s y o f
G le n n W a s ic u n a .
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ter
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lict,
n o n -co m batan t D ak o ta p eo p le are h eld f r th e w in ter in a cam p belo w F o rt Sn ellin g .M an y died,an d
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s o m e w ere bu ried o n Pilo t K n o b.L ater,th e U . g o v ern m en t f rcibly rem o v es m o s t D ak o ta p eo p le
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f m M in n es o ta.
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O h ey aw ah i/Pilo t K n o b is determ in ed to be elig ible f r lis tin g o n th e N atio n al Reg is ter o fH is to ric Places .
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by a v ariety o fp riv ate o w n ers .I 2002,dev elo p ers an n o u n ced a p lan to bu ild 1 5 to w n h o m es o n th e n o rth s lo p e.
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aith
en v iro n m en tal g ro u p s u n ited to p res erv e th e area as p u blic o p en s p ace.
I 2006 th e City o fM en do ta H eig h ts ,w ith h elp f m Th e Tru s t f r Pu blic L an d*,p u rch as ed 8. acres o fPilo t K n o b
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F o r cen tu ries ,D ak o ta p eo p le p laced th eir deceas ed relativ es
o n s cafo lds bu ilt o n h ig h p laces ,s u ch as O h ey aw ah i,as
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s h o w n h ere in a v iew by Seth Eas tm an f m aro u n d 1 847.
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Th e bo dy w as w rap p ed in s k in s o r clo th ,p laced o n a
s cafo ld f r s ev eral day s o r w eek s ,th en bu ried in th e earth .
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p res en t-day M SP in tern atio n al airp o rt.
* Ad d itio n a l fu n d e rs th a t a s s is te d w ith th e s e p u rc h a s e s in c lu d e D a k o ta C o u n ty (th ro u g h its Fa rm la n d a n d N a tu ra l A re a s
Pro g ra m ),th e M in n e s o ta D e p a rtm e n t o f N a tu ra l Re s o u rc e s (th ro u g h its Re m e d ia tio n Fu n d ,N a tu ra l a n d Sc e n ic ,a n d M e tro
G re e n w a y s p ro g ra m s ),M in n e s o ta ’ En v iro n m e n t a n d N a tu ra l Re s o u rc e s Tru s t Fu n d (a s re c o m m e n d e d b y th e L e g is la tiv e - itiz e n
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M in n es o ta R iv er,o r Bdo te M in is o ta,w h ich m an y D ak o ta p eo p le co n s ider th e cen ter o fth e
earth .Th e lan ds cap e h as been altered in th e p as t 200 y ears ,y et th e wakaå o fth is p lace,its
s acred es s en ce,rem ain s .By its in trin s ic n atu re,O h ey aw ah i co n tin u es to be an im p o rtan t
p lace f r th e D ak o ta co m m u n ity to retu rn to f r g ath erin g s an d cerem o n ies .
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blo o m in g f m Ap ril to N o v em ber.O ak s av an n a is s im ilar to p rairie,
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bu t als o co n tain s s cattered bu r o ak s an d o ak g ro v es .
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m o w in g in v as iv e w eeds ,cu ttin g an d rem o v in g bru s h ,s o w in g p rairie
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L o o k acro s s th e riv er v alley to F o rt Sn ellin g .Th is bro ad v alley w as carv ed by
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an d th e M in n es o ta R iv er,w h ich is th e rem n an t o fG lacial R iv er W arren ,
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th e M is s is s ip p i R iv er,th en s p lit ag ain to f rm M in n eh ah a F alls an d St.An th o n y
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F alls in M in n eap o lis .
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s
p ain tin g (s ee bro ch u re co v er).As s ettlers p o u red in to th e area in th e m id-1 800s ,
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Identifier
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PilotKnobPocketGuide.pdf
Title
A name given to the resource
Pilot Knob Pocket Guide
Description
An account of the resource
This small brochure on Pilot Knob introduces the cultural, historical, spiritual and ecological importance of this Dakota County landmark.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Pilot Knob Preservation Association
Publisher
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Pilot Knob Preservation Association
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2010
Contributor
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Minnesota Historical Society, City of Mendota Heights, Dakota County
Rights
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Copyright Pilot Knob Preservation Association
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Document
Language
A language of the resource
English
Format
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.pdf
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Pilot Knob, Mendota Heights, Minnesota
NARF
pilot knob