{"id":3998,"date":"2016-09-20T18:44:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/wptest\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2016-09-20T23:06:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T23:06:24","slug":"can-we-run-a-sewer-line-through-ft-snelling-or-arlington-cemeteries-a-dakota-voice-on-the-afton-effigy-mound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/?p=3998","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Can we run a sewer line through Ft. Snelling or Arlington Cemeteries?&#8221; A Dakota voice on the Afton Effigy Mound"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><em>Kenneth Siyaka, Sisseton-Wahpeton\/ Mdewakanton Dakota, USAF retired, wrote the following email on August 30, 2016 to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency:<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rattlesnake-drilling-plan-Copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3904 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/wptest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rattlesnake-drilling-plan-Copy.png\" alt=\"rattlesnake-drilling-plan - Copy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rattlesnake-drilling-plan-Copy.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rattlesnake-drilling-plan-Copy-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rattlesnake-drilling-plan-Copy-250x165.png 250w, https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rattlesnake-drilling-plan-Copy-455x300.png 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>My opinion is that the sewer lines should NOT go through the Native American effigy mound.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>State: we want to run a sewer line through your sacred and historical effigy mound.<\/p>\n<p>Me: No.<\/p>\n<p>State: Why not?<\/p>\n<p>Me: Can we run a sewer line through Ft Snelling or Arlington Cemeteries?<\/p>\n<p>State: No.<\/p>\n<p>Me: Why not?<\/p>\n<p>State: Because they are sacred and historical burial places.<\/p>\n<p>Me: The same reason why you can not go through the Afton effigy mound.<\/p>\n<p>No sewer through the Afton effigy mound, find a different route for your sewer project. Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Siyaka, USAF, ret., &#8211; Sisseton-Wahpeton\/ Mdewakanton Dakota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth Siyaka, Sisseton-Wahpeton\/ Mdewakanton Dakota, USAF retired, wrote the following email on August 30, 2016 to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: My opinion is that the sewer lines should NOT go through the Native American effigy mound. State: we want to run a sewer line through your sacred and historical effigy mound. Me: No. State: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/?p=3998\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Can we run a sewer line through Ft. Snelling or Arlington Cemeteries?&#8221; A Dakota voice on the Afton Effigy Mound<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reclaiming-mini-sota-makoce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4007,"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions\/4007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minnesotahistory.net\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}