Oheyawahi "a hill much visited"

Oheyawahi "a hill much visited". . Hekṭa ahaŋna Ikce Wicaṡṭa paha ḳiŋ de Oheyawahi eya cażeyaṭap̣i. Dehan iṡto Woṭaḳuya Paha eyap̣i. Wakaŋ dapi naka nina ohodap̣i. Ikce Wicaṡta ded waceḳiyap̣i k'a naḳuŋ woṭaḳuye ewicawanpapi.

Ded naḳuŋ Treaty of 1851 owap̣i. De wowap̣i ḳiŋ Dakod makoce maka oṡp̣e ḳeḳtop̣awiŋġe ḳeḳtop̣awiŋġe wikcemna yamni sam zaptaŋ uŋ icup̣i. Hehan 1862-1863 waniyeṭu ecun wicoḳaṡḳe ti wan kaġap̣i. Naḳuŋ cuŋḳaṡḳe wan ahimni edhepi. He detaŋhaŋ mni akasamṭu. Ded Ikce Wicaṡṭa wica, wiŋyaŋ k'a naḳuŋ wakaŋ iża wicopiya pazo wicayuhap̣i. Wicoṭa t'ap̣i. Naḳuŋ uŋġe ded wicaḣap̣i.

This is the north slope of Oheyawahi, "a hill much visited," also now known as Wotakuye Paha, "the hill of all the relatives," a sacred place named by Dakota people centuries ago. Oheyawahi looks over the mouth of the Minnesota River, or Mdote Minisota, the center of the world for the Dakota. This hill has been a gathering place for Dakota, Ojibwe, and Iowa people, and a place for ceremonies and burials.

Pilot Knob was the site of the signing of the Treaty of 1851, which transferred 35 million acres of Dakota land to the United States. In the winter of 1862-63, 1300 Dakota men, women, and children were confined in a fenced camp on the opposite river bank, where many died. Some were buried here. . This historical marker is in Mendota Heights in Dakota County Minnesota