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Sac & Fox Tribe
3137 F Avenue
Tama, IA 52339
(515) 484-4678/5358
Fax: 484-5424

bullet Oneota culture protohistoric village (ca. A.D. 1400-1700) was first recorded in 1926 by Charles R. Keyes just outside Gillette Grove, in Clay County Iowa. Keyes, one of the founding figures of Iowa Archaeology, recorded hundreds of important sites across the State of Iowa.

 

bullet NPS ~ Effigy Mounds National Monument
Located near Harpers Ferry, Iowa at 151 Hwy 76 Harpers Ferry, IA 52146 ~ Telephone: 319-873-3491
bullet About the monument ~ Online Tours ~ What's New
bullet Online Teachers' Guide

 

bullet Effigy Mounds National Monument "Established to preserve the earth mounds found in northeastern Iowa. Within the monument's borders are 191 known prehistoric mounds, 29 in the form of bear and bird effigies and the remainder conical or linear shaped. Located five miles north of McGregor and three miles north of Marquette, Iowa on Iowa State Highway 76."

 

   
 

Visit Jim's Barn in Peterson to learn more about Clay County Indian Tribes.

  Open by appointment for tours, free-will offering appreciated, contact owner/collector Jim Hass at:  (712) 295-6552

 
 
 
 

 

 

Take an online tour of the Effigy Mounds

 

 

 
 

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