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Update 7/8/2010: I’ve been informed by the owner of the Awicaunhdipi Kte: We Will Bring Them Home blog (no longer viewable) that this event has been canceled. Beloit College News has some information: Organizers postpone Ohiyesa ‘Journey,’ July 8 event at Beloit College cancelled. Organizers have indefinitely postponed plans for the reinterment of American Indian [...] Earlier this evening, I attended the Coldwater Spring open house at the VA Hospital hosted by National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff. (See my January blog post for details.) The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area web site has a set of web pages titled the Bureau of Mines (Coldwater) Current Status [...] I got this information (PDF) emailed to me today by Denise Niedzolkowski, Public Relations Specialist and Executive Assistant, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. She wrote: “Attached is the announcement of the public open house for the Camp Coldwater Spring, the property formerly known as the Bureau of Mines.” See my Dec. blog post National Park Service [...] A reception was held at the State Capitol this afternoon to close out the Sesquicentennial and thank everyone involved. See the album of 15 photos or this slideshow: In today’s Strib: History Lesson Inspired by the 150th anniversary of Minnesota statehood, "States" asserts the primacy of Indians in Minnesota, recalls broken treaties and the bitter hanging of 38 Indians at Mankato in 1862. A valuable counterpoint to official sesquicentennial celebrations, the show is more educational than confrontational, with flashes of ironic humor and [...] MPR: On horseback, Native American riders make 300 mile trip A group of about 50 Native Americans will ride on horseback into the Mankato area later this week. Their arrival will mark the end of a nearly 300 mile trip to mark the 146th anniversary of the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The [...] The Strib’s Nick Coleman has a column today titled Marking another part of our state’s history that some prefer to forget. The column is primarily focused on the work and writings of Waziyatawin but it ends with information about the Dakota Commemorative March that ends today: … with a 13-mile final leg from Shakopee to Fort [...] I took photos and captured the audio of speakers at last Friday’s press conference at Coldwater Spring. See these two articles in the Strib for more info: Strib, Sept. 5: Occupation of park site expected to end today See the album of 13 photos or this slideshow [...]
Minnesota-based author/historian John ‘Jack’ Koblas gave a slide presentation at the Northfield Historical Society last night on Let them Eat Grass, his three-volume history of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. As I blogged in mid-July, the City of Minneapolis is celebrating its sesquicentennial with a Celebrating our Minneapolis History program series at the Minneapolis Central Library featuring local historians, authors and educators.
The first in the series was last Wednesday evening, and it had a Native American focus. Librarian JoEllen Haugo (center photo, click [...] The City of Minneapolis is celebrating its sesquicentennial with a Celebrating our Minneapolis History program series at the Minneapolis Central Library featuring local historians, authors and educators. Next Wed, July 22, the series has a Native American focus (see the PDF flyer): Before Minneapolis: the land, native people Learn about the pre-Minneapolis landscape and lives [...] The Duluth News Tribune ran an article on Sunday titled, Highway 23 bridge at St. Louis River renamed to honor American Indian veterans. (The full-text is no longer available on their site but there is a Google cached version here. Thumbail photo above links to a page of photos of the Fond du Lac [...] Audrey Thayer, coordinator of the Greater Minnesota Racial Justice Project of the American Civil Liberties Union-Minnesota, has a commentary in the Bemidji Pioneer this week titled Sesquicentennial missed reconciliation (excerpt only; full-text currently posted to the Mendota Mdewakanton blog here). … the 150 years Sesquicentennial for me was a strong reminder of the history of destruction [...] George Goggleye Jr., Tribal Chair of the Leech Lake Band Of Ojibwe, spoke briefly Sunday night on the steps of the State Capitol. He then introduced Leech Lake Nation, a drumming and singing group who performed ‘Honor Song.’ Click play to listen. 5 minutes. The music begins at the one-minute [...] Here’s the audio of Kevin Leecy’s Sesquicentennial speech Sunday night on the steps of the State Capitol. Kevin is Tribal Chair of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and Chair of the Board of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC). Click play to listen. 4 minutes, [...] |
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