Pipestone National Monument (redirected from Cannomok'e)

Pipestone National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

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Pipestone National Monument

National monument, southwestern Minnesota, U.S. Established in 1937, it has an area of 282 acres (114 hectares) and contains quarries of a reddish-coloured stone that was used by the Plains Indians to make ceremonial peace pipes. The stone is reserved for use by the Indians, who quarry it under special permits from the National Park Service. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow popularized the quarries in “The Song of Hiawatha.”

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Pipestone National Monument

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National Monuments

Address: 36 Reservation Ave
Pipestone, MN 56164
Phone: 507-825-5464;
Fax: 507-825-5466;
Web: www.nps.gov/pipe/
Size: 282 acres.
Established: Established on August 25, 1937.
Location: In southwestern Minnesota, just north of the city of Pipestone. Follow signs from US 75, MN 23, or MN 30.
Facilities: Picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/cultural center, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities: Hiking, ranger-led programs, cultural demonstrations.
Special Features: For centuries American Indians have been obtaining materials for pipe making from these quarries, a practice that continues today. Although painter George Catlin was not the first white person to visit the quarries, he was the first person to describe them in print. Pipestone is known as Catlinite in his honor. The park includes the Upper Midwest Indian Cultural Center, which provides space for craftsmen to display their work and for demonstrations of traditional crafts to take place.

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See other parks in Minnesota.