Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community

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This embroidered 2.5 inch X 2 inch patch, representing the tribal shield of The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community, is available exclusively from the MMDC by sending a check or money order of $8.00 plus $1.00 for shipping and handling, all of which is tax deductible, to:
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community at PO Box 50835
Mendota MN 55150.
Please allow two weeks for shipping.
Below is a explanation of the tribal shield.

Six Sacred Directions:
Blue Half Circle - Sky
Green Half Circle - Earth
Red represents the north - where we came from
Yellow represents the east - where the sun is born
White represents the south - journey to the spirit world
Black represents the west - where the sun dies and life-giving rain comes
Upper Left Quadrant - The confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Ancestral homeland of Mendota.
Upper Right Quadrant - Pipe signifies prayer.
Lower Left Quadrant - Survival as a People
Lower Right Quadrant - Father Sun - Mother Earth
Seven Feathers - Oceti Sakowin - Seven sacred fires of Dakota or Sioux Nation.

But there are a few photos at http://gallery.me.com/alliesms#100134
Download if you can make use of anything…

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Mona M Smith
Producer/director/media artist
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The Ded Unkunpi Projects
4720 32nd Avenue South
Mpls., MN 55406
612.721.8055

FROM www.NewsForNatives.com Department of Minnesota Wildlife,
an OFFICIAL BEAR ADVISORY

There is a grave difference between Black Bears and Grizzly Bears!

In light of the rising frequency of human/grizzly bear conflicts, www.NewsForNatives.com is now advising hikers, hunters, Campers, fishermen and people who live in remote areas of Minnesota, to take extra precautions and keep alert for bears while in the field.

Specifically, NFA is alerting people who will be in or near remote, wooded areas to wear noisy little bells and shiny pieces of metal on their clothing so that bears are alerted to your presence and are not startled into attack mode.  Also it is furthermore advised that everyone in those categories should keep a large volume canister of powerful Pepper Spray with them at all times.

These mentioned precautions will certainly help you if you should have an encounter with a bear but of course the best method is to keep alert, one method is to watch for fresh signs of bear activity.

Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear paw prints and waste.

Keep in mind that a grizzly’s paw is larger and its claws are longer than that of a black bear.

Black Bear poop contains lots of berries and squirrel fur whereas Grizzly bear scat has little bells and shiny pieces of metal in it and smells like pepper.

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