Little Crow's Village on the Mississippi
This file appears in: There Once Was a Kaposia Village
Kaposia Village contained frame buildings covered with bark, some of which could house more than two dozen people.
Painting by Seth Eastman
Date: 1846-1848
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: There Once Was a Kaposia Village
There Once Was a Kaposia Village
When the European settlers arrived in vicinity of Saint Paul, the Mdewakanton band of Dakota had already lived here for decades. They called the general area "Imniza-Ska" or "white cliffs” referring to the towering sandstone bluffs. …