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.