Legend states that during a full moon, the spirits of the Sauk Nation people haunt the Indian Dam-Indian Fish Trap State Preserve near Homestead, Iowa. Visitors report hearing drumming and chanting noises that emanate from the site, which was a Native American fishing ground. The preserve is located within the Amana Colonies, a community founded by German-speaking religious dissenters known for its communal and spiritual lifestyle. The Indian Dam was constructed by the Sauk people to create a weir—a V-shaped, low-lying dam—that directed fish into traps. The Sauk Nation was forcibly removed from Iowa in the 1830s after the Black Hawk War. The spirits of the Sauk Nation are said to return to their ancestral fishing grounds on nights with a full moon. The sounds of drumming and chanting associated with tribal ceremonies have been reported by visitors to the preserve. The haunting is linked to the historical injustice of displacing the Sauk people from their native lands, which is said to have tied their spirits to the location.