Calendar & Events

  1. Prairie du Chien Treaty of 1825

    Aug 21, 2010  10 am-5 pm Signed on August 19, 1825, by U.S. officials and representatives of the Sioux, Ojibwe, Sauk and Fox, Menominee, Iowa, Ho-Chunk, Ottawa, and Potawatomi nations, the Treaty of Prairie du Chien tried to eliminate hostilities between the tribes and settlers until separate treaties could be negotiated with individual tribes. Villa Louis has invited a number of tribal members to the site to recall the historic event.


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