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Hau Koda (Hello Friend)
These past nine 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". |
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(All the relatives shall return home)
The Seventh Annual "Great Dakota Homecoming and Gathering" will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 5 & 6, 2010.
Mitakuye Owasin (We are all related). |
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(All the relatives shall return home)
The 38th Annual Traditional Wacipi honoring the 38 Dakota will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 17, 18 & 19 2010.
All Nations Welcome |
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] |
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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
All links above were valid as of 4/29/2009.
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