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First published in February 2010 “In our creation story of where we first began as people on this earth, that place was sacred long before anybody from Europe arrived and saw the place. . . . We hold our lands … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2016
The destruction of mounds in Minnesota keeps happening on a regular basis, which is why as the Minnesota Historical Society says, “History Matters.” Why is it that mounds are considered dispensable places? Why is it that agencies and companies go … Continue reading
A Dakota science educator speaks of the cultural context of the Afton Rattlesnake Mound Email from James Rock to Corey Mathisen, MPCA, September 2, 2016 I realize that today is now the day after your “deadline” but let’s remember that … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
The THPO for the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska protests the Afton Wastewater Treatment project. In an email sent August 29, 2016, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Lance Foster, wrote the following … Continue reading
Spirit Lake and Crow Creek Tribal Historic Preservation Officers object to Afton Wastewater Treatment project In email messages transmitted to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on September 1, 2016, by Tamara St. John, the widely respected Tribal Historian for the … Continue reading
A representative of the Ho-Chunk Nation calls for a halt to all construction efforts on the Afton wastewater treatment project Letter from Robert V. TwoBears, Ho-Chunk Nation District 5 Representative, Black River Falls, WI, August 31, 2016, to MPCA On … Continue reading
The Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe concludes that the Afton Wastewater and Treatment Facility will have an adverse effect on the Rattlesnake Effigy Mound including “the possibility of further desecration” Letter from Teanna Limpy, THPO, Northern … Continue reading
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate does not concur in the MPCA finding on the desecration of the Afton Rattlesnake Mound Letter from Dianne Desrosiers, SWO THPO, Agency Village, SD, to Corey Mathisen, Senior Engineer, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Re: Afton Wastewater … Continue reading
Overwhelming Tribal Rejection of MPCA’s “No Adverse Effect” Finding on the Afton Effigy Mounds…All Four Federally Recognized Dakota Nations in Minnesota Unite to Voice their Objections to the Wastewater Treatment Facility The recently complete comment period for “consulting parties” in … Continue reading