In 1780, the
Dakota Chief Penasha led the village Titanka Tannina, located at the mouth of the stream home to about 1900 people. The Dakota name for the Creek, Iyutapi Napcinwanka, means 'Stream of He Who Fears Nothing'. This likely a reference to Chief Takuni Phephe Sni, whose name means 'He Who Fears Nothing'. Takuni Phephe Sni was chief of Titanka Tannina in the early 1830s. Titanka Tannina would be abandoned in 1851, following the
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. In 1858, the area would be incorporated into
Bloomington, Minnesota. The area would be urbanized in the 1950s and 1960s. Between 2000 and 2014, the
Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail was constructed. It was opened in 2018. ==See also==