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Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery

Memorials	:	126
Location	:	Canton, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.3040730, -96.5517570
Description	:	In 1898, Congress created the first and only Institution for insane Indians in the United States. The doors of Hiawatha Insane asylum in Canton, South Dakota, opened in January 1903. During its 32 years, Hiawatha housed more than 350 Indians from tribes throughout North America. Many men, women, and children were placed there not because of mental illness, but because they fought with a white man or an agency. These were "traditional spiritual people or teenagers who misbehaved or people the Indian Agent didn't like," said Harold Iron Shield, founder of the Native American Reburial Restoration Committee. The... Read More	In 1898, Congress created the first and only Institution for insane Indians in the United States. The doors of Hiawatha Insane asylum in Canton, South Dakota, opened in January 1903. During its 32 years, Hiawatha housed more than 350 Indians from tribes throughout North America. Many men, women, and children were placed there not because of mental illness, but because they fought with a white man or an agency. These were "traditional spiritual people or teenagers who misbehaved or people the Indian Agent didn't like," said Harold Iron Shield, founder of the Native American Reburial Restoration Committee. The cemetery has 121 known burials. For more information, go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sdlincol/hiawatha.htm

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Latitude: 43.3040730
Longitude: -96.5517570

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1. Beloit Cemetery
Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2902985, -96.5582962

2. Canton Lutheran Cemetery
Canton, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3302994, -96.5582962

3. Forest Hill Cemetery
Canton, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2943993, -96.6307983

6. Bethlehem Cemetery
Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3614006, -96.4567032

8. Bethany Cemetery
Fairview, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2144012, -96.5053024

9. Richland Cemetery
Inwood, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3027992, -96.4122009

10. Sioux Cemetery
Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2428017, -96.4321976

12. Fairview Cemetery
Fairview, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1927986, -96.4891968

13. Grandview Cemetery
Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4482994, -96.5811005

16. Lands Lutheran Cemetery
Hudson, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1559700, -96.6096900

17. Worthing Cemetery
Worthing, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3236008, -96.7658005

18. Pleasant View Cemetery
Harrisburg, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4247017, -96.7067032

19. Tuntland Cemetery
Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1711006, -96.6866989

20. Old Romsdal
Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1568946, -96.6684787

21. Romsdal Cemetery
Norway Center, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1565781, -96.6682739

22. Saint Edwards Cemetery
Worthing, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3300018, -96.7863998

23. Springdale Cemetery
Harrisburg, Lincoln County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4746590, -96.5944595

24. Larchwood Cemetery
Larchwood, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4613991, -96.4456024