Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe

Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Louisville Township, Scott County, Minnesota
Nearest city	Jordan, Minnesota
Area	13 acres (5.3 ha)
NRHP Reference #	99000191[1]
Added to NRHP	February 12, 1999

Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe or Little Rapids is the site of a nineteenth-century village of Dakotah people known as Wahpeton or People of Leaves. The site is located near the east bank of the Minnesota River about four miles north of Jordan, Minnesota, United States.

Effigy mounds

An archaeological dig there revealed an iron axe, an iron tomahawk, a sandstone arrow smoother, and a fish spear. Twenty nine effigy mounds are located just south of the village site, although these pre-date the artifacts by several centuries.^[2]

Village

The village was the winter home of about 325 people prior to the Dakota War of 1862.^[3][4]

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Spector, Janet (1993). What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87351-277-4.
3. Gardner, Denis (2004). Minnesota Treasures: Stories Behind the State's Historic Places. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87351-471-8.
4. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.