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Explore the history of Native American boarding schools in Minnesota museum series
“Every Place Has a Native Name: Indigenous Places in Minnesota” will discuss the ... heading to Waite Park this summer Justus Probst, a Dakota Native American from the Lower Sioux Indian ...
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Former U professor works to preserve Dakota language
“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 ...
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What Does “Minnesota” Mean and How Did the State Get Its Name?
The name “Minnesota” comes from the Dakota and Ojibwe words for “sky-tinted water” or “muddy water.” Native Americans ...