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Strib: Mendota Mdewakanton and the Dakota language

In yesterday’s StarTribune: Mendota tribe struggles to keep language, culture alive

The two-story house in dot-on-the-map Mendota (population: 197) is more ragged than rustic. White paint is peeling off doors. A side porch has collapsed. On the front lawn, weeds have won the turf war against grass.

But on Wednesday nights, supporters of the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota [...]