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An Early Cahokian Colony in Wisconsin

Special | 49m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn why colonists from Cahokia settled in Wisconsin 1000 years ago with Danielle Benden.

Aired 03/20/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place

An Early Cahokian Colony in Wisconsin

Special | 49m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn why colonists from Cahokia settled in Wisconsin 1000 years ago with Danielle Benden.

Danielle Benden, academic curator in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Madison, explores the mystery behind a 1000-year-old mission site in the Village of Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Colonists, called Mississippian peoples by archaeologists, arrived from America’s first city, Cahokia, near modern day St. Louis, Missouri, 750 miles away, in dugout canoes.

Aired 03/20/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

An Early Cahokian Colony in Wisconsin

Special | 49m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

Danielle Benden, academic curator in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Madison, explores the mystery behind a 1000-year-old mission site in the Village of Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Colonists, called Mississippian peoples by archaeologists, arrived from America’s first city, Cahokia, near modern day St. Louis, Missouri, 750 miles away, in dugout canoes.

Aired 03/20/2012 | Rating TV-G

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