Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village Archeological Site - Mithcell, South Dakota

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Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village Archeological Site - Mithcell, South Dakota entices visitors to imagine what it was like to live in a 1,000-year old former plains village. The lodges had large upright posts and wattle and daub walls supporting a roof likely covered with turf. There was a timber palisade inside a deep, wide ditch that surrounded a large portion of the site. These structures have decayed and left an uneven surface with shallow depressions where the lodges and larger storage pits once were, and shallow linear depressions that mark old ditches, not silted up.

See how archeologists go about reconstructing the past and learn about the culture and lifestyles. The museum also houses a reconstructed life-sized lodge and many displays relating to village life.

Lake Mitchell is a 670 surface acre lake with a maximum depth of 30 feet. It was created by damming Firesteel Creek.

Hours:
April
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
May
Daily – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Memorial Weekend – Labor Day
Daily – 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
September
Daily 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
October
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
November – March
By Appointment Only (weather permitting).

Phone (605) 996-5473

Admission:
$6.00 – Adults
$5.00 – Seniors (60 and over)
$4.00 – (Ages 6-18)
Free - (Five and under)
$4.00 each – Adult Group Rate (10 or more)
$2.00 each – Student Group Rate (Ages 6-18) (10 or more)

Directions
3200 Indian Village Road, on the shores of Lake Mitchell, two miles north of the downtown area in Mitchell, South Dakota. Signs and yellow banners mark the way straight north of the Corn Palace.