Effigy Mound people preceded the Mississipians

They are a link between Havana Hopewell and Cahokia

Effigy bears of Wisconsin

    When I look at the first people of Minnesota I’m thinking about copper, Lake Superior copper and how it got to market. The answer is Minnesota, that is if the market was on the Mississippi. The Mighty Mississippi begins in Minnesota not far from Bemidji where I camped out on a cross country tour a few years ago. If I would h…