Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial

Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial is a memorial in City of Mendota Heights, Dakota, Minnesota. Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial is situated nearby to the protected area Fort Snelling, as well as near the recreation area Parade Ground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Snelling and Mendota Bridge.

Fort Snelling

Protected area

Photo: The Statue With The Dictionary, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Fort Snelling is situated 760 feet north of Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial.

Mendota Bridge

Bridge

Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Mendota Bridge, in the US state of Minnesota carries State Highway 55 and MN 62 over the Minnesota River between Fort Snelling and Mendota Heights. Mendota Bridge is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial.

Fort Snelling

Railway station

Photo: Bobamnertiopsis, CC BY 4.0.

Fort Snelling station is a light rail station on the Blue Line in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region of the US state of Minnesota, named after the nearby Fort Snelling historic fort structure. Fort Snelling is situated 1 mile west of Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mendota and Bdóte.

Mendota

Village

Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.

Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is a mispronunciation of the Dakota word for the location, bdóte, which in Dakota tradition is the center of the world.

Bdóte

Locality

Bdóte is a significant Dakota sacred landscape where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers meet, encompassing Pike Island, Fort Snelling, Coldwater Spring, Indian Mounds Park, and surrounding areas in present-day Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Bdóte is situated 1½ miles east of Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial.

Mendota Heights

Town

Photo: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0.

Mendota Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It is a first-ring southern suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 11,744 at the 2020 census. Mendota Heights is situated 2 miles east of Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial.

Wokiksuye K’a Woyuonihan (Remembering and Honoring) Dakota Memorial

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: City of Mendota Heights, Dakota, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.8907° or 44° 53′ 27″ north

Longitude

-93.18183° or 93° 10′ 55″ west

Open location code

86P8VRR9+77

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1029110248

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Highlights include Parade Ground and Fort Snelling Chapel.

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