Chief Shakopee

Shakopee or Chief Shakopee may refer to any of the three Mdewakanton Dakota leaders, in what is now the United States, who lived in the area of Minnesota from the late 18th century through 1865. The name comes from the Dakota Shák'pí meaning "Six," as the wife of the first Shakopee gave birth to sextuplet boys.

Shakopee I (c.1750–1827). Shakopee was given this name when his wife, White Buffalo Woman, gave birth to sextuplet boys. Shakopee met Major Stephen Harriman Long at the mouth of the Minnesota River in 1817, when Long came up to distribute the presents for which Lieutenant Zebulon Pike had contracted to send them 12 years earlier when he made the Pike's Purchase. Long reported finding Chief Shakopee very offensive. Shakopee was executed at Fort Snelling in June 1827 by running a gauntlet manned by Ojibwa as part of his punishment for murdering some Ojibwa before.Shakopee Lake near Mille Lacs Lake was named after him.

Shakopee II, or the Eaglehead (1794–1857). Shakopee was the biological twin son of the Ojibwa leader Ozaawindib "Yellow Head". His father gave him to the Dakota in order to forge an alliance with the band, and to provide them with a hereditary chief. As an adult, Shakopee identified equally as being both Ojibwa and Dakota. He had been adopted by Shakopee I as his son. Increasingly after signing the 1825 First Treaty of Prairie du Chien (both as "Sha-co-pe" (the Sixth) and as "The Sees"), Shakopee II was forced to identify exclusively as Dakota, because he was representing them in negotiations and treaties with the United States. He was also signatory to the 1826 Treaty of Fond du Lac (as Chau-co-pee and as "Jack-o-pa" by Bird), 1837 Treaty of St. Peters (listed as as "Sha-go-bai"), and the 1842 Treaty of La Pointe (as "Sha go bi") of the Ojibwa.

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