The discovery of food processing tools and carbonized seeds suggest that these natives were growing much of their food.
The Boehnen Memorial Museum features a reconstructed lodge and many of the artifacts found at the site
Active dig site.
Stella and Foster successfully found plastic arrowheads in the dig site (below) that they were able to trade in for real arrowheads.
Located on the shores of Lake Mitchell, the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village is a 1,000 year-old Native American village and the only archaeological site in South Dakota that is open to the public. Guests can watch as archaeologists uncover artifacts in the comfort of the Thomsen Center Archeodome and tour the Boehnen Memorial Museum to see the reconstructed lodge and many of the 1.5 million artifacts.
Looks like a very interesting stop.
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