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Park Video Pipestone: An Unbroken Legacy is a 22-minute movie about the cultural significance of the pipestone quarries and the sacred pipe.
Catlinite, also called pipestone, is a type of argillite (metamorphosed mudstone), usually brownish-red in color, which occurs in a matrix of Sioux Quartzite.
Catlinite, also known as pipestone, is a type of claystone prized by Native American tribes for its unique properties and cultural significance. It is a form of argillite, a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed primarily of clay minerals.
It is commonly known as pipestone because of its traditional use in the creation of sacred ceremonial pipes. Contemporary Indigenous people maintain the tradition of hand-quarrying stone using only sledgehammers and wedges as tools.
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Pipestone is a soft, red claystone rock that’s relatively easy to carve when freshly quarried. It’s chemically similar to clay but has been compressed over millions of years into a dense, smooth stone. The iron in it creates that distinctive deep red color, similar to blood.
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It was created in 1937 to protect the local pipestone (catlinite) quarries, which were the source of the relatively soft red stone used by the Plains Indians to make pipes for smoking on ceremonial occasions.
