Little Rapids, Inyan Ceyaka Atonwan, A 19th-Century Wahpetunwan (All Products) -- National Women's History Project Shopping Cart -- Wahpetunwan 19th-Century A Atonwan, Ceyaka Inyan Rapids, Little

<H1>Little Rapids, Inyan Ceyaka Atonwan, A 19th-Century Wahpetunwan -- National Women's History Project Shopping Cart</H1> Little Rapids, Inyan Ceyaka Atonwan, A 19th-Century Wahpetunwan Thursday, June 12, 12:00 noon-5:00 p.m. Little Rapids, Inyan Ceyaka Atonwan, A 19th-Century Wahpetunwan Summer <placename w:st="on"></placename>Planting <placetype w:st="on"></placetype>Village Join Janet Spector (Project Director and Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota) and Chris Mato Nunpa (Associate Professor, Southwest Minnesota State University and descendant of the Wahpetunwan community at Little Rapids) for a tour of Inyan Ceyaka Atonwan (Village at the Rapids, later known as Little Rapids), a 19th-century Wahpetunwan summer planting village located in the <place w:st="on"></place><placename w:st="on"></placename>Minnesota River <placetype w:st="on"></placetype>Valley, southwest of the Twin Cities. Materials from the Little Rapids site, excavated over four summer field seasons, combined with 19th-century written documents, Dakota-authored texts, and oral histories formed the basis for Spector’s book, What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a <place w:st="on"></place><placename w:st="on"></placename>Wahpeton <placename w:st="on"></placename>Dakota <placetype w:st="on"></placetype>Village, (1993). What This Awl Means illustrates how feminist approaches can be brought to the practice and writing of archaeology, not only highlighting women’s lives and activities, but also transforming our understanding of historical and cultural dynamics more generally. Tour includes bus transportation to the site.     <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/nwhp" TITLE="National Women's History Project Products">National Women's History Project Products</A> <A HREF="http://www.nwhp.org">National Women's History Project</A> National Women's History Project <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="shopping cart">shopping cart</A> powered by Nexternal