No
Guns On Sacred Pipestone National Monument Grounds
The Beauty
of the National Monument
These
photos are what you see at the Monument every day, why would anyone
need a gun here?
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The
Three Maidens site where ceremony took place hundreds of
years ago, and still takes place today. It is always quiet
and peaceful here and now that the Hiawatha Pageant is no
longer being performed it will stay that way.
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Ice
breaking away from the bank forms an ice boat on the Pipestone
Creek that runs through the Monument
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Pipestone
Creek looking NW
Fall 2007
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The
Monument grounds in the fall of the year, golden and beautiful.
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This is one of the quarries in winter, no work going on
obviously, you can see the hoses which take the water from
the quarry once the thaw sets in so that the quarrier can
work.
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Pipestone
Creek looking SE
Fall 2007
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A
sweat lodge on the Monument grounds at sunset.
There
are usually a number of lodges set up in this area especially
at Sundance time.
Guns
most certainly do NOT belong here.
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Part
of the red stone that makes up a part of the Monument
trail. You can see the lichen growing on the rock.
This
is Sioux Quartzite the same stone that the quarrier has
to break through before reaching the Pipestone Catlinite.
There are no quarries located near this area.
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Pipestone
Creek looking NW.
- Summer 2000
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And
a River Runs Through It.
Pipestone
Creek small waterfall
Summer 2000
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As
I Lay Me Down To Sleep
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Sundown
- Summer 2000
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The
2 photos on the left were taken just before sunset, the
coloring was lovely and the cloud formation beautiful. The
one on the left was used for the Little feather Center's
friends group logo
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Echinacea
growing wild at the Monument, This was taken in 2000 the
prarie was particularly beautiful that year
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The
purple prairie in 2000
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Fungi
growing on an old tree close to the Creek 2007
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Three
Maidens in the summer
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Lichen
growing on the rocks on the trail
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Left:
Winnewissa Falls
Above:
Sunset over the Creek
Below
Left: The Cat rock
Below:
A Rock Formation
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Left:
Sunset over the Creek
Above:
Sunset on the trees
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L:
The old quarry quartz piles. R: Rocks along the trail.
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Above:
Sunset over the Sweat Lodge area
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And
They Flew Into the Sunset
Sunset
forming a light angel
Prairie
2001
Rocks
and Roses 2000
Sage
ready for ceremony 2000
All
photos copyright Gloria Hazell 2000 - 2008
