West Allis in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Tee Sisikeja (Bad Waters Village)
Photographed by Fitzie Heimdahl, October 17, 2022
1. Tee Sisikeja (Bad Waters Village) Marker
Inscription.
Tee Sisikeja (Bad Waters Village). . Ho-Chunk histories indicate that this area has long been an important gathering place known as Tee Sisikeja (Bad Waters Village). Here, ancestors of the Ho-Chunk constructed burial sites for loved ones in the form of mounds, a practice that dates back more than 2,500 years and continued through the post-contact period. This location was also home to Menominee, Potawatomi, and other groups, some of whom laid their loved ones to rest near existing mounds. Of the tens of thousands of earthworks that were once in Wisconsin, only a few thousand remain; they are protected by Wisconsin state law. These earthworks are among the last remaining in Milwaukee County and mark the location of a larger mound group that has been destroyed. Please be respectful as you walk through the burial site.
Ho-Chunk histories indicate that this area has long been an important gathering place known as Tee Sisikeja (Bad Waters Village). Here, ancestors of the Ho-Chunk constructed burial sites for loved ones in the form of mounds, a practice that dates back more than 2,500 years and continued through the post-contact period. This location was also home to Menominee, Potawatomi, and other groups, some of whom laid their loved ones to rest near existing mounds. Of the tens of thousands of earthworks that were once in Wisconsin, only a few thousand remain; they are protected by Wisconsin state law. These earthworks are among the last remaining in Milwaukee County and mark the location of a larger mound group that has been destroyed. Please be respectful as you walk through the burial site.
Erected 2022 by Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 600.)
88° 0.924′ W. Marker is in West Allis, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County. It is on South 84th Street just west of Dairy Lane, on the right when traveling east. Wisconsin State Fair Park. Wisconsin State Fair Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 640 S 84th St, Milwaukee WI 53214, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Milwaukee. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 21, 2022, by Fitzie Heimdahl of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,260 times since then and 198 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 21, 2022, by Fitzie Heimdahl of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
