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The Minnesota Humanities Center’s Responses to Statehood are centered on an academic presentation by Wayzawatin, Ph.D. Wayzawatin tells the story of the devastating impact that European settlement had on the Dakota people through a series of chapters organized around specific themes. To find out more about how to use these pages, click here.
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FOREWORD
- Project Overview by Stanley Romanstein, Former President and CEO, Minnesota Humanities Center | View | For Mac users |
- Introduction and Greeting by Waziyatawin, Wahpetunwan Dakota from the Pezihutazizi Otunwe (Yellow Medicine Village) | View | For Mac users |
- Creation Story by Waziyatawin | View | For Mac users |
- Value Assumptions by Waziyatawin | View| For Mac users |
INTRODUCTIONS AND GREETINGS
CHAPTER 1, ETHNOCIDE
CHAPTER 2, WAR AND AFTERMATH
CHAPTER 3, LAND, SETTLEMENT, AND RESETTLEMENT
CHAPTER 4, BOARDING SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL EXPERIENCES
- Presentation by Waziyatawin | View | For Mac users |
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CHAPTER 5 ALLOTMENT
CHAPTER 6, FORT SNELLING
CHAPTER 7, MINNESOTA’S SESQUICENTENNIAL
CHAPTER 8, IMPLICATIONS OF ETHNOCIDE FOR TODAY
This project funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities
and The Saint Paul Foundation.