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Prairie Island Community

The Mdewakanton, "those who were born of the waters," have lived on Prairie Island for countless generations. Located in southeastern Minnesota along the wooded shores of the Mississippi and Vermillion Rivers, Prairie Island is a spiritual place for its people.

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