The Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village is a working archeological dig of the only reliably dated remains of the Woodland and Mississippian cultures from 1,100 years ago. The first structures were uncovered by a university student in 1910 and since then the site has become a prominent summer archeological field school that is attended and worked by students from all over the world.

The people who inhabited this site hunted bison and were skilled farmers, tending fields of sunflowers, tobacco, beans, squash, amaranth, and corn. They lived in earthen lodges on a bluff overlooking a creek, and over 80 of these lodges have been uncovered. Visitors can watch the dig in progress, ask questions of a docent, view life-sized replicas of the people and their dwellings, and shop at the small gift store.

Address: Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village, 3200 Indian Village Road, Mitchell, SD 57301, Phone: 605-996-5473

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