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Coldwater Spring open house at VA Hospital on Feb. 23

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 [...]

Waziyatawin on President Obama and the difference between racism and colonialism

Waziyatawin has letter to the editor in today’s Strib.

As an indigenous person from occupied territory in Minnesota, Obama fever has eluded me. In fact, I find little in Obama’s rhetoric or proposed policies that indicate his presidency will be substantially different from the long list of white guys who have occupied the office before him.

My [...]

Native mural unveiled at Sesquicentennial closing ceremony

  Three youth from the Boys and Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area (Deer River, Cass Lake, Walker) unveiled a large Native American-themed mural at today’s Sesquicentennial closing ceremony in the Rotunda of the State Capitol.

Photo album: Capitol reception to close out the Sesquicentennial

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:

MNHS article: Survival at Crow Creek, 1863-1866

The current issue (winter 2008-09) of Minnesota History, the quarterly of the Minnesota Historical Society, arrived in the mail today. It contains a 14-page article titled Survival at Crow Creek, 1863—1866 by Colette A. Hyman, a professor of history at Winona State University.

(The quarterly apparently doesn’t make PDFs of its articles available on its web [...]