Epic Guide to Pipestone National Monument in Minnesota including history, things to do, and so much more. Pipestone National Monument is located in southwest Minnesota just north of the city of ...

Piles of broken quartzite surround the quarries where the sacred pipestone, used to carve pipes for indigenous ritual and ceremonies, is chiseled and broken free by those enrolled in a federally ...

Pipestone National Monument was created in 1937 to protect quarries of a brick-red stone that Native Americans have hewn for thousands of years for pipes used in rituals.

On Jan. 7, Indigenous people packed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to voice their concerns on a proposed pipeline reroute near the sacred Pipestone National Monument. The site in ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota utility regulators on Tuesday rescinded a permit for a gasoline pipeline near Pipestone National Monument, ordering “cultural and archeological” surveys on two ...