Tipsinah

Tipsinah takes its name from a Dakota word for a turnip-like plant gathered for food. Near the Pomme de Terre Lake, burial mounds stand above a landscape of prairie and water. The Pomme de Terre River was a meeting place between the plains country of Dakota peoples and the more wooded lands associated with the Ojibwe. The name of the plant recalls the importance of edible roots in this part of Minnesota, where lakes and rivers interrupt the open grasslands.