Vineland in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Mandaamin

Photographed by McGhiever, May 29, 2025

1. Mandaamin Marker

Inscription.

Corn (mandaamin) is a cereal grain. Native people in southern Mexico were the first to grow corn crops, about 10,000 years ago.

The leafy corn stalk produces silk and ears separately. The ears yield edible kernels, or seeds. Corn comes in different varieties, all rich in vitamins and nutrients.

Many indigenous cuisines use corn. Flint corn is ground into cornmeal and used for hominy. People around the world eat another variety—popcorn. America's First Peoples introduced this popular snack.

Mesoamerican sculpture, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo by Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata/Wikipedia, 2019.

Using the Whole Plant

Corn silk thickens soup broths. And childen make dolls from the dried husks.

Corn husk doll, 2010. Photo by John Morgan/Flickr

Learn the Ojibwe Language
Mandaamin (mun-DAH-min): corn

Erected by Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Entertainment • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 46° 10.569′ N, 93° 45.352′ W. Marker is

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in Vineland, Minnesota, in Mille Lacs County. It can be reached from the intersection of Oodena Drive and U.S. 169, on the right when traveling east. The marker is at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post, at the demonstration garden east of the Trading Post. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 43411 Oodena Drive, Onamia MN 56359, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Minnesota.

It is also in the American Midwest

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 Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Okosimaan (here, next to this marker); Mashkodiisiminag (here, next to this marker); Meet the Three Sisters (here, next to this marker); Harry & Jeannette Ayer House (a few steps from this marker); Tourist Cottage (within shouting distance of this marker); Mille Lacs Indian Boat Works

Mandaamin Marker on the southwest side of the demonstration garden image. Click for full size.

Photographed by McGhiever, May 29, 2025

2. Mandaamin Marker on the southwest side of the demonstration garden

(within shouting distance of this marker); Izatys (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Kathio Villages (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vineland.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2026, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 26, 2026, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota.