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Comment on Coldwater Spring/Camp Coldwater by Native American Minnesota - A journey of learning and understanding » Coldwater Springs occupation begins

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:47:28 +0000

[...] Springs occupation begins By Griff Wigley Back in April, I blogged about the importance of Coldwater Springs and posted a photo album of the site in [...]

Comment on MNHS on the Sandy Lake Tragedy, AKA the ‘Wisconsin Death March’ by Native American Minnesota - A journey of learning and understanding » The Mikwendaagoziwag Memorial at Sandy Lake

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:37:12 +0000

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Comment on Another horror unknown to most Minnesotans: The Sandy Lake Tragedy by Native American Minnesota - A journey of learning and understanding » MNHS on the Sandy Lake Tragedy, AKA the Wisconsin Death March

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:35:38 +0000

[...] on the Sandy Lake Tragedy, AKA the Wisconsin Death March By Griff Wigley Back in early July, I blogged about the Sandy Lake tragedy, the death of approximately 400 Ojibwe in 1850 resulting from the federal government’s [...]

Comment on ‘Merciless Indian savages’ phrase in the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Dahlheimer

Thomas Dahlheimer — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:27:22 +0000

According to the Declaration of Independence “all people are equal” and their [endowed by the Creator] “unalienable rights” are suppose to be respected. However, indigenous people living in this land are not considered equal because when they were “discovered” [by Europeans] they were not Christians, therefore, they can not have absolute root ownership of their homelands nor be rightfully considered independent sovereign nations.

If we were to consider them as being equal we would have to give their homelands back to them and also give them due respect by declaring that their nations are independent sovereign nations. We would [then] also have to acknowledge that our “nation” is an illegitimate nation state.

More about this topic can be viewed and read in my article Independent Indigenous Sovereign Nations, located at http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/843590

Comment on Dakota Concentration Camp display at Fort Snelling St. Park by Holly

Holly — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:22:19 +0000

Wow, it really doesn’t seem fair to kill someone for helping others. What a mess it was back then. Sorry for yor family loss.

I wish the US would have paid the Sioux as was the agreed upon plan. i bet it’s tough to watch your family members starve to death while you know you’re due money. No wonder there was an uprising.

And I really wish Lincoln would have investigated more before he condemned people to death.

Comment on Dakota Concentration Camp display at Fort Snelling St. Park by Valerie Harrison

Valerie Harrison — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:22:12 +0000

This is a puzzle. If anyone knows about which Joseph Renville it is, I would love to hear what is known.
He was brother to Gabriel,who some say was adopted by the Renvilles, so I can see that he could have been in the area to help as he could. If true to his father’s views he would have been assisting the whites as Gabriel did so I can see how some Sioux would have been angry at him. It must have been a tough choice for the ‘between worlds’ people.

Comment on Dakota Concentration Camp display at Fort Snelling St. Park by Holly

Holly — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:11:02 +0000

Wow, those are famous names. You go way back! Sorry to hear about the killing. I can see why the Sioux would have been angry, though. What do you think?

Comment on Dakota Concentration Camp display at Fort Snelling St. Park by Valerie Harrison

Valerie Harrison — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:08:48 +0000

Of course, there are six Renvilles listed. My attention was entirely taken by the listing of Joseph. there may have been more than one Joseph Renville at that time though. My forefather Joseph Akipa (b. Francois), son of Joseph of Lac la Parle, was born in Pembina and died 1866 by the hand of Sioux in Pembina Territory while carrying mail from Pembina to St.Paul, so could be a different Joseph. or…the family story is still not fully told.
Valerie

Comment on Dakota Concentration Camp display at Fort Snelling St. Park by Holly

Holly — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:25:38 +0000

Hi Valerie,

I read six Renville names! Is that what you meant? What a terrible black spot on Minnesota’s history.

Comment on Dakota Concentration Camp display at Fort Snelling St. Park by Valerie Harrison

Valerie Harrison — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:40:41 +0000

Omygod…I see my own Renville family listed 3 times on this concentration camp list. I only knew of Gabriel’s involvement before.