National Register of Historic Places

Meshingomesia (Mihsiinkweemisa) Cemetery and Indian School Historic District

Jalapa, Grant County, Indiana
Listed
January 9, 2013
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
12001149

About this property

Meshingomesia Cemetery and Indian School Historic District is a historic Indian school, cemetery, and national historic district located in Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana. This site was historically used for a variety of purposes including education, recreation, cultural, civic and government, and ceremonial. It is also known as Mihsiinkweemisa Cemetery and Indian School Historic District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. It encompasses a school building (c. 1870), a cemetery, and grave markers located on a portion of land reserved by the Miami Nation during the period of treaty making between 1794 and 1840. The property has been continuously owned by the Miami (Myaamia) people. The school building was moved to its present location about 1944 and restored in 1998. It is not known how many people were buried here. Not all of the burial markers are intact, with roughly 65 visible gravestones. Media related to Meshingomesia Indian School at Wikimedia Commons

Location

3820 Co. Rd. 600 N.
Jalapa, Grant County, Indiana
40.64235, -85.73043

Categories

NATIVE AMERICANEDUCATION
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When was Meshingomesia (Mihsiinkweemisa) Cemetery and Indian School Historic District listed on the National Register?

Meshingomesia (Mihsiinkweemisa) Cemetery and Indian School Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 2013.

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Meshingomesia (Mihsiinkweemisa) Cemetery and Indian School Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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