Minnehaha

Minnehaha is a Native American woman documented in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha.

[2] Longfellow's poem was set in a cantata trilogy, The Song of Hiawatha in 1898–1900 by the African-English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

A ship bearing the name Minnehaha wrecked off the western shore of Lake Michigan in 1893, only 38 years after Longfellow's poem was published.

Marie, Ontario, Canada, the enchanting Minnehaha Falls and the adjacent Hiawatha Highlands beautifully commemorate her and her lover, creating a poetic tribute in close proximity.

Minnehaha is mentioned in British glam rock band The Sweet's song "Wig-Wam Bam" (1972), in which she seduces Hiawatha.

The “Minnesota Miracle Man” was one step away from the NHL before a knee injury derailed his career and sent him back behind the bench.

Hiawatha and Minnehaha , 1912 sculpture by Jacob Fjelde near Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnehaha Feeding Birds , Frances Anne Hopkins, ca. 1880
Death of Minnehaha by William de Leftwich Dodge, 1885
John Henry Bufford's cover for The Death of Minnehaha , 1856