I first heard of Mona Smith when I met with Miquel Vargas, Community Outreach Coordinator at the U of MN Dept. of American Indian Studies, and he suggested I contact her about her multimedia work. Then historian Bruce White suggested I contact her, and lastly, U of MN Dakota Language Specialist Neil McKay recommended her [...]
|
|||
 |
On Tuesday morning, I had a meeting at the Ft. Snelling State Park visitors center with Judy Thomson, DNR regional naturalist, and Linda Radimecky, DNR Interpretive Naturalist. Judy was the DNR person on the team of people who helped create the Concentration Camp display at the park, and Linda conducts tours at the [...] Thomas Dahlheimer spearheads the Rum River Name Change Movement, which seeks to “… change the faulty-translation and profane name of Minnesota’s Rum River back to its sacred Dakota Indian name (Wakan), which translated means (Great) Spirit.” He has posted comments to this blog and we met face-to-face for the first time recently at the Coldwater [...] 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 [...] In today’s Strib: Conflict looms as Indians’ protest permit expires today. The permit that Dakota Indians protesting in Minneapolis were given — but didn’t ask for — expires this afternoon. The two dozen or so protesters erected two teepees and a couple of modern-day tents Tuesday in a bid to reclaim land for the Dakota. But [...] Back in April, I blogged about the importance of Coldwater Spring and posted a photo album of the site in winter. The photo on the left is from when I visited again in June. (Click to enlarge.) In today’s Strib: Permit delays Dakota fight for Coldwater Spring site. Organizers said they don’t plan to leave after the [...] My wife Robbie and I spent a couple hours at the end of the day on Sunday at the Minnesota Historical Society’s Lower Sioux Agency historic site: Established by the U.S. government in 1853 as an administrative center, the Agency became the scene of the first organized attack in the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War. We spent [...]
On Sunday we stopped at the Renville County Historical Museum in Morton, MN and met volunteers Chris Hettig and Steve Hettig (right photo, click to enlarge). They’re standing in front of a display about Joseph Renville, my great, great, great grandfather. Chris showed me a folder of miscellaneous research papers and newspaper clippings [...] My wife and I camped at Fort Ridgely State Park last weekend so we could visit the MNHS Fort Ridgely Historic Site within the park, as well as other historic sites in the area.
My initial impression wasn’t good. The MNHS marker for Fort Ridgely (left center photo) at the entrance paints a [...] |
|
|
|
Copyright © 2010 Native American Minnesota - All Rights Reserved |
|||
