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	<title>Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community &#187; STORIES, FOLKLORE &amp; HISTORY</title>
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		<title>Traditional Arts. For more information visit the National Museum of the American Indian’s.</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2009/01/18/traditional-arts-for-more-information-visit-the-national-museum-of-the-american-indian%e2%80%99s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Media only: Leonda Levchuk (202) 633-6613 Eileen Maxwell (202) 633-6615 
Media Web site: http://newsdesk.si.edu 
National Museum of the American Indian Hosts 
Multicultural Festival as Part of Inaugural Events 
The Smithsonian’s National   Museum of the American Indian will host “Out of Many: A Multicultural Festival of Music, Dance and Story” from Saturday, Jan. 17, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chief Wabasha, his story</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2009/01/11/test-2-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MORTON, Minn. &#8211; Gripping a cane tightly, Ernest Wabasha slowly reached to touch a pair of heavy iron shackles hanging from his mantel &#8211; the same shackles his great-grandfather, the legendary Chief Wabasha, wore during a forced march across the southwestern Minnesota plains a century ago.
&#160; A portrait of Chief Wabasha hung nearby, surrounded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Native Artist: Tiffany Eggenberg Contemporary Portraits</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2009/01/01/tiffany-eggenberg-offers-sensitive-pastel-portraits-of-contemporary-individuals-whom-she-evidently-encountered-on-an-annual-march-commemorating-the-dakotas-1862-63-incarceration-near-fort-snelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ancient Traders Gallery / Tiffany Eggenberg.]]></category>

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Tiffany Eggenberg offers sensitive pastel portraits of contemporary individuals whom she evidently encountered on an annual march commemorating the Dakota&#8217;s 1862-63 incarceration near Fort Snelling.
One of the more troubling incidents in Minnesota history occurred in Mankato 146 years ago today when 38 Dakota Sioux Indians were hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Lost Sparrow&#8221; Premiere</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/12/16/lost-sparrow-premiere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lost Sparrow synopsis]]></category>

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From: NAFM OFFICE [mailto:atoka1@cox.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:06 PM
To: Georgia Wettlin-Larsen
Subject: &#8220;Lost Sparrow&#8221; Premiere

 


Georgia;


 


Received this in regard to an incident that had occurred recently. 


 


r.c. 


&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-


 







Chris Billing


Director/Producer, Lost Sparrow


1933 S Street NW #E


Washington DC 20009


(202) 365-5231


www.lostsparrowmovie.com


 


 


The documentary Lost Sparrow will premier at the Slamdance Film Festival [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitebison</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/11/14/whitebison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>American Indian Heritage Month</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/11/03/american-indian-heritage-month/</link>
		<comments>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/11/03/american-indian-heritage-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Click on the link to view the upcoming events https://db.metrostate.edu/webapps/drep/National American Indian Heritage Month 2008.pdf





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		<title>Remembrance Of  Highway 55</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/08/28/remembrance-highway-55/</link>
		<comments>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/08/28/remembrance-highway-55/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ FACES of  RESISTANCE
GALLERY 7

HIGHWAY 55
 PART 1 &#124; PART 2 &#124;  PART 3
 


 

36-37. Mary O&#8217;Brien, CSJ, John Harmon and Rita McDonald, CSJ, keep vigil with others across from the cottonwood tree wherein the remaining four environmental activists had &#8220;locked down&#8221; in their attempt to halt construction of the Highway 55 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Native Spirituality according to Luther Standing Bear</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/07/03/native-spirituality-according-to-luther-standing-bear/</link>
		<comments>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/07/03/native-spirituality-according-to-luther-standing-bear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Explanation of Native American Spirituality
&#8220;The Indian loved to worship. From birth to death, he revered his surroundings. He considered himself born in the luxurious lap of Mother Earth, and no place was to him humble. There was nothing between him and the Big Holy (Wakan Tanka). The contact was immediate and personal, and the blessings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The return of Turok, a Native American comic-book hero</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/21/the-return-of-turok-a-native-american-comic-book-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Blaine Kyllo

 Propaganda Games was formed three years ago by a group of former Electronic Arts staffers. Within months, it was acquired by Buena Vista Games, now Disney Interactive Studios. In an interview with the Georgia Straight at Propaganda&#8217;s Vancouver offices, general manager and vice president Josh Holmes said the company had been working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RANDOM NATIVE WEBSITE: NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY; CULTURE</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/20/random-native-website-native-american-history-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY &#38; CULTURE
Thsi page has Native American timelimes, documents, treaties, etc.
It also has information that is important and impacting to Native Americans.
It contains many good links to other Native American themed websites, including Native American art, history and  poetry
check it out here: http://www.teacheroz.com/Native_Americans.htm
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		<title>Native American Indian Ceremonies</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/19/native-american-indian-ceremonies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Native American Ceremonies

Ceremony plays a vital, essential role in Native American religions. Whereas western religions typically consider ceremony the servant of theology, Native American religions barely recognize the distinction between myth and ritual.Often the ritual proves to be established and secure while the myth is vague and unclear. Indian ceremonies grew up within local groups; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beliefs of the Native Americans</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/19/gods-goddesses-religions-beliefs-of-the-native-americans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gods, Goddesses, Religions &#38; Beliefs of the Native Americans

Native Beliefs share some common tendencies. Religion tends to be closely related to the natural world. The local terrain is elevated with supernatural meaning, and natural objects are imbued with sacred presences. Ceremonial rituals involving these supernatural-natural objects are meant to ensure communal and individual prosperity. These common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATIVE POEM: The Last Warrior</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/19/native-poem-the-last-warrior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[NATIVE POEM: The Last Warrior]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[~&#160;The Last Warrior ~

High on bleak, stony rag,
Unmoving, he sits astride
His ragged coated pony.
Only telltale frozen breaths,
Separate them from
The still, winter black boles
Of ancient leafless trees.
The pony, blown and lame,
Stands with lowered head,
Ears flattened to the sound
Of a distant wolf pack.
The man on his back,
All weapons lost,
Ignores the trickling blood
From savage wounds,
Mingling his war paint.
Eyes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATIVE STORIES: Iroquois, How Fire Came To The Six Nations</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/19/native-stories-iroquois-how-fire-came-to-the-six-nations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, around the fire in the long house of the Iroquois, during the Moon of the Long Nights, this tale is told.
Three Arrows was a boy of the Mohawk tribe. Although he had not yet seen fourteen winters he was already known among the Iroquois for his skill and daring. His arrows sped true to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATIVE STORIES: Hopi, Yaponcha &#8211; The Wind God</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/19/native-stories-hopi-yaponcha-the-wind-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Told By Glenn Welker
Long, long ago, the Hopis were greatly troubled by the wind. It blew and blew and blew and blew&#8211;all the time. The Hopis planted their crops, but before the seeds could begin to sprout, the wind blew the soil and seeds away. Unhappy and worried, all the people made prayer offerings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATIVE STORIES: Apache, The Origin of Fire</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/18/native-stories-apache-the-origin-of-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long, long ago, animals and trees talked with each other, but there was no fire at that time.Fox was most clever and he tried to think of a way to create fire for the world. One day, he decided to visit the Geese, te-tl, whose cry he wished to learn how to imitate. They promised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATIVE STORIES: Apache, The Story of Creation</title>
		<link>http://mendotadakota.com/mn/2008/02/18/native-stories-apache-the-story-of-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apache, The Story of Creation

In the beginning nothing existed&#8211;no earth, no sky, no sun, no moon, only darkness was everywhere.
Suddenly from the darkness emerged a thin disc, one side yellow and the other side white, appearing suspended in midair. Within the disc sat a small bearded man, Creator, the One Who Lives Above. As if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATIVE STORIES: Blackfoot, The Origins of the Buffalo Dance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Traditional Blackfoot story of How the Buffalo Dance was given to the people.
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When the buffalo first came to be upon the land, they were not friendly to the people. When the hunters tried to coax them over the cliffs for the good of the villages, they were reluctant to offer themselves up. They did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATIVE STORIES: Apache, How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATIVE STORIES: Windigo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windigo

Ojibwa First Nation
retold by
S. E. Schlosser
The storm lasted so long that they thought they would starve. Finally, when the wind and swirling snow had died away to just a memory, the father, who was a brave warrior, ventured outside. The next storm was already on the horizon, but if food was not found soon, the [...]]]></description>
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