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White Bear Cliff and Gavins Point after the flooding of the reservoir. Gavins Point, a geographical feature that has given its name to the dam located several miles downstream, is probably synonymous with the White Bear Cliff described by Lewis and Clark. Gavins Point was first selected as a suitable damsite, but after further study, it was discovered that the current location was more satisfactory. The name Gavins Point is derived from Mr. Michael J. Gavin, a well-known farmer and business man of the Yankton area. Photo—U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

Calumet Bluff. In 1804, Lewis and Clark met in council with the Yankton Sioux near this spot. Today the bluff forms the right or south abutment of the Gavins Point Dam. Photo—U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

The "Devils Nest". This picturesque name has been given to a part of the south bank of the Missouri extending from near the site of the old village of Frankfort, almost to Santee. The name suggests the ruggedness of the region; in fact, the highest point reaches 450 feet above the river bottoms. The area allegedly served as a refuge for rustlers and other outlaws, and according to legend, the James brothers hid here for several days following the famous Northfield (Minnesota) bank robbery. Photo—Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution

River bluffs of the "Devils Nest" before construction of the Gavins Point Dam. Photo—U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

Shell beads, shell "bear claws", and a cord-roughened potsherd from Woodland sites in the Lewis and Clark Lake area. Photo—Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution

Archeologists excavating the Larson Deep Site (25KX7), a deeply buried camp site located in the western portion of the reservoir. Cultural remains were exposed in the bank of a ravine cutting through an ancient terrace fill deposited high above the Missouri River. Photo—Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Nebraska (Nebraska State Archeological Survey).

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Siouan scaffold burials. The body with its funeral offerings was exposed on a high platform; secondary burial in the earth might follow after the flesh had decomposed. Earlier inhabitants interred their dead in the earth, often with many individuals included in a single ossuary. Photos—S. J. Morrow Collection, courtesy of the W. H. Over Museum, University of South Dakota

Sioux camp in the outskirts of Yankton, probably in the 1870's. Photos—S. J. Morrow Collection, courtesy of the W. H. Over Museum, University of South Dakota

Chiefs of the Ponca Nation and their Indian Agent, probably photographed in the 1870's. Photos—S. J. Morrow Collection, courtesy of the W. H. Over Museum, University of South Dakota

Big Snake, a Ponca warrior. He is wearing a necklace of bear claws and a choker of seed beads. The pipe tomahawk is of a type common in the Plains. Photos—S. J. Morrow Collection, courtesy of the W. H. Over Museum, University of South Dakota

Chiefs of the Yankton Sioux with their Indian Agents. Photos—S. J. Morrow Collection, courtesy of the W. H. Over Museum, University of South Dakota

Sioux tipis on Ponca Creek. Photos—S. J. Morrow Collection, courtesy of the W. H. Over Museum, University of South Dakota

The Santee Agency. Following the uprising of 1862, the Santee Sioux were removed from their home in Minnesota to Dakota, and finally, in 1867, were established on a permanent reservation in northeastern Nebraska (the Santee Reservation No. 3). The Santee soon became accustomed to the existence of the White Man, and with a decline in population, the agency became less and less necessary. It was abandoned in 1919, but a subagency office was retained in Niobrara. Photo—Missouri Basin Project, Smithsonian Institution

The Alfred L. Riggs Hall, Santee. This building formed an important part of the Santee Normal Training School, an institution established by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Until it was abandoned in 1930, the school supplied many native teachers for the Dakotas. Photo—U. S. National Park Service


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