Dayton's Bluff in Saint Paul in Ramsey County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
This is a Burial Place
Our Ancestors are Still Here
Photographed by McGhiever, May 21, 2023
1. This is a Burial Place Marker
Inscription.
This is a Burial Place. Our Ancestors are Still Here. You are in a cemetery. It is a sacred burial ground that has been here for thousands of years. The sacred land continues beyond this location spanning the bluffs along the rivers, and throughout the region. Minisota [Mnisota] is Dakota homeland, to which Dakota people have always been connected. While its boundaries are not precisely defined, the significant area extends beyond the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. Settlers desecrated the mounds through plowing, road construction, recreational use, vandalism, greed, and archaeology. Though most of the mounds are no longer visible, their ancestor's remains are still here. Living Dakota, Ho-Chunk, and Ioway people continue to visit to honor and respect their deceased ancestors., Dakota language has been translated by Dakhσta iαpi Okhσdakičhiye (DIO) in the Standard Dakota/Lakota Orthography (SDO/SLO).
You are in a cemetery. It is a sacred burial ground that has been here for thousands of years. The sacred land continues beyond this location spanning the bluffs along the rivers, and throughout the region. Minisota [Mnisota] is Dakota homeland, to which Dakota people have always been connected. While its boundaries are not precisely defined, the significant area extends beyond the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. Settlers desecrated the mounds through plowing, road construction, recreational use, vandalism, greed, and archaeology. Though most of the mounds are no longer visible, their ancestor's remains are still here. Living Dakota, Ho-Chunk, and Ioway people continue to visit to honor and respect their deceased ancestors.
Dakota language has been translated by Dakhσta iαpi Okhσdakičhiye (DIO) in the Standard Dakota/Lakota Orthography (SDO/SLO).
Location. 44° 56.764′ N, 93° 3.343′ W. Marker is in Saint Paul, Minnesota,
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in Ramsey County. It is in Dayton's Bluff. It is at the intersection of Mounds Boulevard and Earl Street, on the right when traveling east on Mounds Boulevard. The marker is in Indian Mounds Park, mounted to the pavilion. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10 Mounds Boulevard, Saint Paul MN 55106, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 304 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on June 7, 2023, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
