His other publications are major contributions to understanding Dakota Indians in Minnesota, including “Kinsman of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley ...
“If we do not teach that which is lost then it will soon be gone,” said Dallas Ross, former chairman of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. The possible disappearance of the Dakota language prompted ...
The name “Minnesota” comes from the Dakota and Ojibwe words for “sky-tinted water” or “muddy water.” Native Americans ...