Dr. Chris Mato Nunpa
7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 27
East Side Freedom Library
1105 Greenbrier Street
St. Paul, MN 55106
info@eastsidefreedomlibrary.org
651-774-8687
First in a 2016 series: “What’s in a Name?â€
Presented by the East Side Freedom Library
2012 was the 150th anniversary of the Dakota-US War of 1862. During the years leading up to and
following the war, bounties were placed on the lives of Dakota people, mass executions took place as well
as incarceration in concentration camps, forced marches and removal from their homeland. In recognition
of these events, both Minneapolis and St. Paul declared 2012 “The Year of the Dakota†and acknowledged
that genocide had taken place at the hands of the US government.
The St. Paul resolution mandated that the city identify, name and interpret sacred Native American sites in
St. Paul and along the Mississippi River.
Dr. Chris Mato Nunpa will present his views on the renaming that still must take place, from the white
bluffs below Indian Mounds Park to the streets and places that still bear the names of Alexander Ramsey,
Henry Sibley and John C. Calhoun, Euro-American conquerers who were guilty of genocide against the
indigenous people of Minnesota.
Dr. Mato Nunpa is a Dakota elder and historian, chair of the Oceti Sakowin Omniciye (Seven Fires
Summit), a retired professor from Southwest Minnesota State University and a Community Faculty
member at Metropolitan State University.
The program is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the East Side Freedom Library. Visit us at
eastsidefreedomlibrary.org.
THE CASE
FOR
INDIGENOUS
RENAMING
Acknowledging
Minnesota Genocide
Imniza Ska (White Cliffs), St. Paul
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