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Shakopee (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː k ə p i / SHAH-kə-pee) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Minnesota, United States.It is southwest of Minneapolis.Sited on the south bank bend of the Minnesota River, Shakopee and nearby suburbs comprise the southwest portion of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the nation's 16th-largest metropolitan area, with 3.7 million people.
Scott County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 150,928. [3] Its county seat is Shakopee. [4] Shakopee is also the largest city in Scott County, the twenty-first-largest city in Minnesota, and the sixteenth-largest Twin Cities suburb.
Shakopee is home to Minnesota's largest amusement park, Valleyfair, as well as Canterbury Park. One of Minnesota's oldest cities, Hastings is in the district. The district hosts heritage festivals and town celebrations, such as Kolacky days in Montgomery, the Pine Island Cheese festival, and Shakopee Derby Days.
The city of Shakopee later developed near this site and was named for the chiefs. Chief Sakpe I received the name "Sakpe" because one of his ancestors was the sixth in a set of sextuplets . Chief Sakpe II (died 1860) signed the 1851 Treaties with the United States on behalf of the Dakota at Traverse Des Sioux and Mendota; he traveled to ...
Shakopee was a signatory to the Treaty of Mendota of August 5, 1851, (as "Sha-k'pay"); he and other Dakota chiefs were pressured into selling 24 million acres (97,000 km 2) for pennies an acre. In 1858, Chief Shakopee traveled to Washington, D.C. as one of the major chiefs in the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute treaty delegation.
Brad Tabke (pronounced / t æ b k iː /; [1] born May 11, 1979) [2] is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023, having previously served from 2019 to 2022.
Michael Beard (born July 22, 1953) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, who retired in 2014.A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 55A, which includes portions of Scott County in the southwestern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community now employs 4,100 people, making the tribe the largest employer in Scott County, Minnesota. [5] Charlie Vig was elected Vice Chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in January 2012. [2] He succeeded outgoing Vice Chairman Glynn Crooks, who had served in the office for the prior sixteen years ...