WOKIKSUYE  WICOHAN

A TIME OF REMEMBERENCE

Join us on Sunday, November 2 at 1:00 p.m. at the Concentration Camp at Fort Snelling State Park as speakers share with us their family history regarding the concentration camp.

Originally, the Sesquicentennial Commission had planned to hold an event on November 11^th entitled “Dakota Indian Internment Camp at Fort Snelling 1862-1864”.  They were to present a ‘Factual objective account of the Internment camp and the Experiences of its Inhabitants’. While this event has been cancelled, it was still quite disturbing to many of our Elders.  Clifford Canku said “…They keep raising their own spokespersons to speak for us.”

On Sunday, November 2^nd, Clifford Canku, along with Melvin Grey Owl, Faith Bad Moccasin , Chris Mato Nunpa and others will share their family stories of the Concentration Camp.  Mona Smith, in conjunction with the Minnesota Humanities Center will be recording the stories for her project “The Bdote Memory Map” ( http://web.mac.com/alliesms/Memory/MEMORY_MAP_.html)

If you have family stories of relatives who were held in the concentration camp that you would like to share or know someone who would, please let us know so that we can include you in the schedule.

Date:            Sunday November 2

Time: 1:00 P.M.

Place:          Concentration Camp, Fort Snelling State Park

We will be supplying Soup or Stew, Bread and Coffee.  If you would like to bring a dish to share, please feel free.  We also ask that everyone bring their own Bowl, Plate, Eating Utensils and cup.  This is the traditional way and it is a way that is gentler to our Ina Maka than using disposable items.

If you have any questions, please email or call 651.983.6363

Pidamaya ye

The event at the school is Friday, Oct. 31st
9:30 – noon

> The Multicultural Indigenous Academy will be hosting a
> traditional celebration honoring the ancestors who have
> passed on called the ” Dia De Los Muertos“.  Some
> of the honored include Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman,
> Vernon Bellecourt and friends and family of the school….
>
> Our event will begin at 9:30ish am and run until lunch.  We
> will have some traditional Mexica Danzantes and the
> students’ offrenda presentations and a few cultural
> craft activities.
>
> We are located at 133 E. 7th St. Downtown St. Paul between
> Jackson and Robert Sts.

Please take 10 minutes to read!

Take a break from your hectic world for a moment, my Anishinabe brothers and sisters. Separate yourself from the chaos that has at times had the power to engulf your life. Allow the power to be shifted back to your authentic self. Reflect for a moment on the following idea:

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“Oral Tradition” A MN. Indian Women’s Resource Center Workshop

When:
Thursday, November 13^th, 2008
12:30 pm  -  4:30 pm

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“Manipi Hena Owasin Wicunkiksuyapi”

(“We Remember All Those Who Walked”)

Dakota Commemorative March

On November 7, 2008 we will begin a 150-mile journey in honor of the Dakota men, women, and children who were forcibly removed to concentration camps at Mankato and Fort Snelling in November 1862.

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Honoring American Indian Women Luncheon

Presented by: The American Indian Student Cultural Center (U of MN)

Date: 10.24.2008
Time: 11:30– 2:00 pm

Place: St. Paul Student Center
Cherrywood Room
2017 Buford Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108

Please join us, The American Indian Student Cultural Center, as we honor
these amazing women:

Nelda Goodman
Shirlee Stone
Jeani O’Brien-Kehoe
Norby Blake
Louise Erdrich

Lunch will be served
Free and open to the public

Questions? Comments? Contact the AISCC at:
Phone: 612.624.0243
E-mail: aiscc@umn.edu

Hiawatha Insane Asylum for Indians

Carlisle Indian Industrial School History

My grandmother was forced to go to this school.

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES PRESENTED AT SCHOOL BOARD

Beginning Sept, 1, 1991, Wisconsin schools were required by law to
incorporate Native American Studies into their curriculums. Funds were
allocated in 1989 to start these programs.
These funds were used to hire staff to implement these new
requirements, develop curriculum, classroom, and resource material,
proviede training for teachers and conduct conferences to aid school
districts through the startof teaching th new curriculum.
Sam Rivers of the Native American Studies program at the Unity School
District presented to the school borard information on Act 31, which
requires Wisconsin schools to teach Wisconsin Indian history, culture
and tribal sovereignty.
The Ojibwe of Wisconsin signed three major land cession treaties in
1837, 1842, and 1857. These treaties included the ceding of their
homeland to the United States, but in return establishing four
reservations in the state while retaining their right to hunt, fish,
and gather on ceded land.
In 1983, the United States Federal Court became involved and
ultimately decided to uphold the laws allowing the Ojibwe's their
right to hunt.
In 1987, the Culture Education Board drafted a resolution for Native
American studies in Wisonsin Schools. As a result of escalting
tensions between Native Americans and non-Native American communties
over treaty rights, the Native American studies program was created.
Rivers brought to the board 58 new books, all with relations to Native
Americans and their lives.
"Our goal was to revamp our resources for use," Rivers stated.
The books include sports, documentaries, speeches, weapons, plays,
poetry, short stories and many others demonstrating Native American
experiences.
The 2008 Native American week is Nov. 17-21.

That took almost 20 years to accomplish.