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Hau Koda (Hello Friend) It is with much regret that I must say that I am no longer be able to to maintain this web page. I find now in my 71st year in this world that I no longer possess the energy to spend the hours and hours of enjoyable research and discussion that I did just five years ago. Perhaps there is enough information here to whet someone's appetite for further research and discussion on the Wapasha Dynasty, so I will not remove this web site from the Internet. I heartedly recommend Wapasha researchers find their way to the "Oyate Research Center." Click HERE and your browser will open a new window to this site. The "Oyate Research Center" is more than a bulletin board, it is family. It is administered by a small band of dedicated researchers and hundreds of people interested in furthering their knowledge of a truthful native history. These past seven years I have met a lot of new relatives. It has been a very enjoyable journey. Pidamaya (Thank You) |
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The purpose of this website was threefold; 1) to bring together descendents, researchers, and others around the world interested of the genealogy of the three Chief's Wapasha, 2) to compile and post Wapasha genealogical material and 3) to eventually develop a comprehensive Wapasha genealogy. Time has run out on me to complete this project. Hopefully, someone else can continue. These three Chief's were variously identified as Wapasha, Wapahasha, Wahpashaw, Wabashaw, and Wabasha, who prior to 1862 with their Mdewakanton people, inhabited the region on this continent now identified as southeastern Minnesota. There was no established written language for the people who lived, hunted and roamed this area in an earlier era. Early writers coming upon this bountiful place spelled their names as the names sounded to them which resulted in various spellings. Inasmuch as there are no recorded evidence of births, marriages and deaths of these early Mdewakanton Dakota people, one must rely on family lore and various other records to establish an approximate date of these three important family events. Tanyan yahi (It is good that you've come) |
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(1740 - 1876) A very good brief history of the three chiefs can be found in a transcription of a Steve Kerns article in the Winona Sunday News dated November 14, 1976, entitled "Explorers found hills, valleys alive with Indians". Click HERE and your browser will open a new window to this site. |
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(All the relatives shall return home) The Fourth Annual "Great Dakota Homecoming and Gathering" was held in Winona (Wapasha's Prairie), Minnesota on Saturday and Sunday, June 2 & 3, 2007. To find the dates for future gatherings, enter the word "hdihunipi" in your favorite search engine. Then mark your calendar and plan to attend. You will enjoy. You will also learn the truth about the history of native people of Wapasha Prairie, much of it hidden or unspoken for many years.
Mitakuye Owasin (We are all related).
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 This is the place to go if you are looking for authentic hand-made Native American art/crafts. There are excellent images of all the products and the shipping is FREE. Unless otherwise noted, everything on this site was made by Rod Steiner, a relative, a Mdewakanton and an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska. Click HERE and your browser will open a new window to this site. |
Wapasha II Source: History of Wabasha County (MN), page 1273 
Wapasha II Another rendition from a different history book Source: Unreadable. 
Wapasha III - 1858 Source: Minnesota State Historical Society 
Dakota delegation Washington, DC - 1858 Back Row (Left to Right) Jos. R. Brown - Antoine Jos. Campbell Whale (Chief Has A War Club) Andrew Robertson - Red Owl Thomas Robertson - Nathaniel Brown Seated In Front (Left to Right) Mankato - Wapasha III - Henry Bellard Source: Minnesota State Historical Society 
Wapasha III - 1867 Source: A. Zeno Shindler American Indian Photograph Collection, American Philosophical Society 
Wapasha III Headstone Santee Reservation Source: Photo taken by Shawn Chase during 2002 Wabasha-Chase reunion 
Wapahasha IV Napoleon Wabasha aka Hdakinyan(Crosswise) Source: Photo image from Mark Diedrich's book The Chiefs Wapahasha [photo credit: courtesy of Rod Steiner] |
 I recently purchased this book and found it to be the best cumulation of history and lore of the three Chiefs Wapahasha I have ever found. This is the first book ever written that asked for input and insight from the Wabasha family. Mark has done an excellent job of "setting the record straight" for the three Chiefs Wapahasha and their descendents. It was published in time for the Dakota Homecoming, Winona, Minnesota, June 26-27, 2004. I receive no commission for promulgating information on this book, it's my way of heaping praise on an excellent publication that was long overdue. You can purchase the book for $26.95 + $2.00 shipping and handling charges from:
Coyote Books Make your check out for $28.95 and payable to Coyote Books, then mail it to the address above.
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RootsWeb.Com Surname Message Board WAPASHA
RootsWeb.Com Mailing List - WAPASHA-L
USS WAPASHA (YTB-737)
MNGenWeb Wabasha County Pages with references to the Chiefs Wapasha
Biographies & Histories of Traders / Merchants / Chiefs / Officers / Voyageurs
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