Penasha

Chief Penasha
Wayaga Inazin
Died	C. 1820-1833
Successor	Takuni Phephe Sni
Children	Takuni Phephe Sni
Family	Good Road (grandson)

Chief Penasha (also known by Pinisha or and Wayaga Inazin) ^[1] was an 18th and 19th-century Mdewakanton Dakota Chief.

In 1780, Penasha led a community of about 1900 people at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek, called Titanka Tannina, although it was also known as 'Pinisha's Village'. ^{[2] [3]} He was described by William Snelling as a "a harmless, worthless, drunken vagabond". Penasha was a common visitor to Fort Snelling. ^[4]

He was a signer of the Land Cession Treaty ^[5]

In the 1820s or early 1830s, Penasha had died. He would be succeeded by Takuni Phephe Sni, and then shortly after by Penasha's grandson, Good Road. ^{[6] [7]} Titanka Tannina would also sometimes be labeled as 'Good Road' from then on, until it was dismantled in 1851, following the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. ^[8] .The area is now part of Bloomington, Minnesota.

References

1. "P–Index : Minnesota History Magazine : MNHS.ORG". mnhs.gitlab.io.
2. "Celebrate indigenous peoples during National American Indian Heritage Month | City of Bloomington MN". www.bloomingtonmn.gov. November 1, 2024.
3. DeCarlo, Peter. "Lines on the Land: How Dakota Homeland Became Private Property" (PDF).
4. "SYMPATHY—WHO NEEDS IT?" (PDF).
5. "10th Gen to Cetanwakanmami Little Crow to Sharon Lennartson". November 25, 2022.
6. "Lines on the Land: How Dakota Homeland Became Private Property - A History of the South Loop District to 1900" (PDF). www.bloomingtonmn.gov.
7. "THE WINONA LEGEND" (PDF).
8. "Battle Hollow This is the story of Native American Migration in the St. Croix River Valley post-colonization".