INDIGENOUS VOICES
DAKOTA AND OJIBWE PERSPECTIVES
In 2008, Minnesota recognized its sesquicentennial. Some – many, even – celebrated. Others did not. In the months leading up to the sesquicentennial, the Minnesota Humanities Center began working with Dakota and Ojibwe people to record stories of how statehood affected their homes, their families, their future. These stories are painfully absent from traditional histories of Minnesota textbooks, and other educational resources.
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
Stanley Romanstein, Ph.D
President and CEO, Minnesota Humanities Center
DAKOTA INTRODUCTION AND GREETING
Waziyatawin, Ph.D
Wahpetunwan Dakota from the Pezihutazizi Otunwe (Yellow Medicine Village) in southwestern Minnesota
DAKOTA CREATION STORY
Waziyatawin, Ph.D
Wahpetunwan Dakota from the Pezihutazizi Otunwe (Yellow Medicine Village) in southwestern Minnesota
VALUE ASSUMPTIONS
Waziyatawin, Ph.D
Wahpetunwan Dakota from the Pezihutazizi Otunwe (Yellow Medicine Village) in southwestern Minnesota
Project Overview | Greeting | Creation Story
Value Assumptions | Resources | Index
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This project funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Saint Paul Foundation.