Monthly Archives: June 2009
Mendota Member’s
Monthly Voting Membership Meeting.
Tuesday June 30, at 7:00 pm. Bring a treat if you want. Please bring a member with you. We need more members to come to our monthly meetings.
Pow Wow meeting Tuesday June 30 at 6:00 pm. If you would like to be on the Pow Wow Committee please be here by 6:00 pm.
Mendota Days is on Saturday July 11. We need volunteer ASAP. Hours are around 9:00 am-6:00 pm maybe later? If you could volunteer 4 hours or more that would be great! Please call the office ASAP. Mendota Days is only a couple of weeks from now. We need someone to organize Mendota Days. HELP!
Pidamaya
Your Tribal Council.
The Gideon and Agnes Pond House
Open House - Sunday June 28, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Celebrate Gideon’s 199th birthday! Tours of the house will include details of Gideon’s family and growing up years, and the two apprenticeships that would shape his missionary life. Enjoy birthday cake, and sing Happy Birthday to Gideon himself, portrayed by a costumed reenactor. Programs and tours are free for children and high school youth and members of the Pond Dakota Heritage Society. Suggested donation of $2 for non-member adults.
Free Band Concert -Sunday June 28, 7:00 p.m.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy a concert by the John Philip Sousa Memorial Band on the south lawn of the Pond House. Formed in 1970, the band’s goal is to recapture the spirit of bands at the turn of the twentieth century, when bands were an integral part of their communities. The John Philip Sousa Memorial Band consists of 40 Twin Cities musicians who volunteer their talents, some for over 20 years.
The Gideon and Agnes Pond House is located in Pond Dakota Mission Park, 401 East 104th St., Bloomington, between Portland and Nicollet Aves. For more information contact Mark Morrison at Bloomington Parks and Recreation at 952-563-8693, or after hours call Jay Ludwig at 952-484-0477, or visit www.ci.bloomington.mn.us, keywords “Pond House”.
Coming soon to the Pond House:
Charles Lanman, Frontier Artist
Sunday July 5, 2 – 4 p.m.
Meet landscape painter, outdoorsman and journalist Charles Lanman, an acquaintance of Seth Eastman, portrayed by local artist Paul Boecher. Uncover your drawing skills as you sketch with the artist, or watch as he paints “plein air” using watercolors and a paint box. Discover the life of a frontier artist and what it was like to explore uncharted areas of Minnesota. Sketching materials will be supplied, or you may bring your own.
Hope you can join us for these great events at the Pond House!
Jay Ludwig
Pond Dakota Heritage Society
Hosted by the Children’s Culture Connection!
Bloomington MN. Global Celebration Sat, June 20 9am – 1:00pm.
Bloomington Civic Plaza, 1800 West Old Shakopee Rd.
Becky Wiggins will be selling her jewelry.
Many culturals will be there. Native American, Japanese, Philippine, Hmong, etc.
Brass Messengis Band.
Hayor Bibimma.
Farmer Market.
For more information, call 952-563-4957 V/tty.
Chris Mato Nunpa Canceled do be illness. There will be language class at 6:30.
Chris has a new music C-D in Dakota, it is wonderful. Chris will be our language class guess on June 24, please come and welcome him. POTLUCK
Trial begins at 9:00 at the Hennepin County Courthouse Downtown. Please come and show your support.
Hello,
Some of you may remember that a little over a year ago, there was 3 days of action protesting the Minnesota Sesquicentennial and the lack of truthful history regarding the cultural, spiritual, emotional and physical cost to the Dakota and all First Nations People of the area in becoming a state, to educate about the genocide of the Dakota people and draw attention to the Treaty of 1805. One of the actions was to meet the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train at Fort Snelling.
During that protest, several people were arrested and three of us were charged. The case goes to trial tomorrow and we would be grateful to anyone that can turn out to support us.
Trial begins at 9:00 at the Hennepin County Courthouse Downtown. I don’t know which courtroom, but I am including the case information below as well as a link to a you tube video of the protest…
Pidamaya ye; Pilamaya ye; Migwetch
Fourth Judicial District Court; Criminal Division
State of Minnesota vs.
Waziyatawin (27-CR-08-26594),
James Anderson (27-CR-08-26599)
Diane Englin-Elliott (27-CR-08-25571)
