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The Upper Sioux Indian Reservation is located in Minnesota Falls Township along the Minnesota River in eastern Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, five miles (8.0 km) south of Granite Falls. It was created in 1938 when 746 acres (3.02 km 2 ) of land were returned to the tribe by the federal government, under the Indian Reorganization Act ...
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 for having state-level significance under the themes of archaeology, architecture, education, and social history. [4] Considered sacred for being a place where their ancestors died of starvation, the Upper Sioux Community has been working to regain the land since the 1860s.
MN 167 begins at an intersection with MN 23 and MN 67 in Granite Falls, Minnesota near a sharp bend in the Minnesota River. It heads to the southeast and curves around meanders in the river's course. It passes through the Upper Sioux Community before reaching Upper Sioux Agency State Park. The route ends at the entrance road to the state park. [2]
Minnesota's Upper Sioux Agency State Park will permanently close to the public on Feb. 16, as the state gets ready to transfer the land to the nearby tribal community. The Minnesota Department of ...
Bison herd in the park in spring. In 1961, three bison were acquired from the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska. [3] In 2012, the Minnesota Zoo and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources entered into an agreement to form a partnership and develop a Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd. [4]
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Via the Minnesota River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 665 square miles (1,720 km 2) in an agricultural region. The Yellow Medicine River issues from Lake Shaokatan in Shaokatan Township in western Lincoln County , approximately six miles (9.7 km) southwest of Ivanhoe , on the Coteau des Prairies , a ...
Lac qui Parle State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, near Watson. Lac qui Parle is a French translation of the native Dakota name, "Mde Lyedan," meaning "lake that speaks". [2] [3] The state park was built as part of the Lac qui Parle Flood Control Project.