Caption

Pipestone, Minnesota, An active quarry at Pipestone National Monument. Native Americans have quarried pipestone (Catlinite) here for hundreds of years, using it to carve the pipes used in daily life and sacred rituals. The red rocks at the bottom of the quarry are pipestone

Date

Apr 27, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK24D35_373

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86,1Mb (5,3Mb) / 22,4in x 14,9in / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

Keywords

Indian Memorial Memorial site Memorials Minnesota Monument National Monument National Monuments Native American Native Americans No People North America St. Trip US-American active bottom calumet carve carved carving custom deserted empty ethnic ethnic group ethnic groups ethnical ethnicity ground grounds history holy horizontal horizontally indigenous indigenous people indigenous peoples journey life local national monument native native people natives no one nobody peace pipe peace pipes pipe pipes quarries quarry red red coloured ritual rituals rock rocks sacred tourism tradition traditional traditions travel travel photography uninhabited voyage whittle year years America American US-America USA United States United States of America activities activity carvings characteristic historic historical typical