Kaposia was a seasonal American Indian

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

 settlement, also known as "Little Crow's village," after a long line of tribe Chiefs named Little Crow.

History

The settlement was within the limits of the modern city of South St. Paul, Minnesota

South St. Paul, Minnesota

South St. Paul is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, immediately south and southeast of the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is also southeast of West St. Paul, Minnesota. The population was 20,160 at the 2010 census. It is notable as one of the historic major meat packing cities in the United...

, and was founded in 1750 by a group of Mdewakanton Dakota

Mdewakanton

Mdewakantonwan are one of the sub-tribes of the Isanti Dakota . Their historic home is Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota, which in the Dakota language was called mde wakan .As part of the Santee Sioux, their ancestors had migrated from the Southeast of the present-day United States, where the...

 on the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

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.

In the early 1800's, over 400 Dakota

Sioux

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 would use Kaposia as their place of residence, living there over the warm summer months. In 1837, the village was moved to the western side of the river, and then moved again due to the Treaty of Mendota

Treaty of Mendota

The Treaty of Mendota was signed in Mendota, Minnesota on August 5, 1851 between the United States federal government and the Sioux tribes of Minnesota ....

, which gave white settlers the right to settle in the region.

Visiting

Kaposia Park is situated where the settlement used to exist, and is open to the public.

The annual festival, Kaposia Days, is held the last weekend in June. It commences with a parade through the historic settlement, concludes on Sunday with a whistling competition. Other activities include a wife-carrying race, all night polka dance and wet t-shirt contest.