I attended an event at Ft. Snelling State Park on Saturday titled, Bdote – Rivers and People Coming Together. The event calendar said:
The area now known as Fort Snelling State Park has worn many titles in Minnesota history, from Dakota homeland to concentration camp, military post to recreation area. Explore the history of this site and its impact, past and present. Begin at the visitor center.
The DNR’s Linda Radimecky, Interpretive Naturalist at the park, led our small group of nine (5 adults and 4 kids) on a 1-mile walk with a 1-hour talk.
"Bdo-te, sacred Homeland of the Joining of Two Rivers" from the display inside the visitors center. Click to enlarge. And see this blog post of my Feb. visit to the park titled Dakota Concentration Camp display at Fort Snelling St. Park for more.
I tried to record as much of Linda’s talk as possible, turning off the recorder during the times when we were just walking. Prepared to hear some jet noise from the nearby airport.
Click play to listen. 1 hour, 14 minutes. Or download the MP3.
