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Category Archives: 1862

Six Years Ago–Park Service to Dakota People: “Drop Dead.”

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Bruce White
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Could the National Park Service be a fit guardian for the Gettysburg Battlefield if it announced publicly that it did not accept the belief that a profoundly important battle took place there, one that was a turning point in the … Continue reading →

Posted in 1862, Bdote: A Public EIS, Reclaiming Mini Sota Makoce | 2 Replies

Another opinion about the #1862 exhibit

Posted on August 28, 2012 by
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In an August 24, 2012, Minnesota Public Radio interview, Jan Klein, a descendant of white settlers killed in the US- Dakota War of 1862, described her role as one of the 85 people advising the Minnesota Historical Society about the content of … Continue reading →

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A new documentary on the causes of 1862

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Bruce White
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A new documentary, produced and directed by Dakota activist and artist Sheldon P. Wolfchild, chronicling from the tragic events of 1862 from the Dakota point of view, which has already been shown at several venues, will be shown again as … Continue reading →

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One Word: #1862

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Bruce White
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You are headed for the 1862 exhibit at the History Center in St. Paul, the exhibit of the hour, the thing to see in this 150th anniversary year. To get there you go to the third floor and reach a … Continue reading →

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Telling the truth about the Minnesota Historical Society, in 1901

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Bruce White

It was a tense evening at the meeting of the executive council of the Minnesota Historical Society on November 11, 1901. An invited speaker had given a speech for the ostensible purpose of telling the ancient history of the state, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1862, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota's 150th, Treaty rights

Who will tell the story of the white people in 1862?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Bruce White
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There are people who are concerned that nothing will be done to tell the story of the white people in 1862. They seem to believe that what happened to white people that year has yet to be told and that … Continue reading →

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The past is never dead at Fort Snelling

Posted on February 18, 2011 by
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By Jan Dalsin “The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” as William Faulkner wrote. I was not deliberately thinking of this quotation on February 5, 2011, when I again stood in the circle of peoples around the fire, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1862, Bdote: A Public EIS | 2 Replies
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