Article from Indian County Today by Jenna Kunze Aug 4th 2021.
Jenna will do others article too. She may be at the Wacipi too. Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe to again seek federal recognition. Here is the
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community
“Preserving, Protecting and Promoting the Dakota Culture for Future Generations“
The MMDTC is a Tribal 501C3 Org
We are in the news: Seeking home and federal acknowledgment
We were recently featured in the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. We would like to give acknowledgement and gratitude to Elliot Mann, at the Twin Cities
New Growth from Old Roots Circle News Feb 2000.
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Minnesota Land Returned to the Sioux.
Minnesota Government has Officially Returned Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the Dakota People.
The Winter 2023 newsletter is published and available to read!
The Winter 2023 edition of our newsletter is complete and can be viewed, printed, downloaded here: https://mendotadakota.com/mn/newsletter Do you have any news, stories, photos, suggestions
Sacred Red Rock. Two articles from Eden Prairie Local News
Sacred Red Rock unveiled: A remarkable journey of rediscovery and repatriation After a decade in a front yard, a sacred sandstone rock finds its way
Winter 2022 Newsletter is available!
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Sharon Lennartson and the Faribault Dakota Project
Sharon Lennartson, tribal headwoman of the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community, exploded with joy when she learned of the Faribault Dakota Project in the works. “I
Zoom Meeting Discussion Federal Recognition Press Release on June 21, 2021.
Mendota Dakota Mdewakanton Tribal Community Discussion Federal Recognition Meeting Press Release If the video doesn’t work, or if you prefer to download it, here is
Minnesota Governor Walz stop line 3, by Susu Jeffrey
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR WALZ STOP LINE 3, BY SUSU JEFFREY By Susu Jeffrey Original to Rise Up Times August 9, 2021 Gov. Walz said on July
Sicangu Youth Council help provide a formal burial at the Rosebud Indian Reservation
Members of the Sicangu Youth Council help provide a formal burial at the Rosebud Indian Reservation on July 17, 2021, for some of the nine
Homicide body dumped in a car by Coldwater. Please come to purifying event
Dear All, Sorry to report. There was apparently a homicide with the body dumped in a car, parked at the Coldwater entrance. An accelerant was
Who Owns Coldwater? Photo Essay.
Check out the photo-essay “Who Owns Coldwater.†Coldwater is an acknowledged Dakota Tribal Sacred Site and Traditional Cultural Property. http://friendsofcoldwater.org
Radio interview with Dan “The Oak Man” Keiser
Dan Keiser, The Oak Man by Brigitta Greene The Mendota Dakota tribal community honored arborist Dan Keiser [pictured] at their annual pow wow in September of 2019. Keiser goes
CUI Notice Federal Register Publication – human remains from Iowa
Good afternoon, After conversation with George Garvin last week, I’d like to start making plans for reburial of the 138 individuals and 32 associated funerary
The American Indian Religious Freedom ActÂ
Here’s a very interesting post concerning The American Indian Religious Freedom Act AIRFA is a US federal law and a joint resolution of Congress that was
Benefit to send First Nation Youth & Elders to the Vatican to discuss Doctrine of Discovery.
Benefit to send First Nation Youth & Elders to the Vatican to discuss the historical and intergenerational trauma triggered by the Doctrine of Discovery. Youth are
Chris Mato Nunpa 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance VIDEO
Chris Mato Nunpa 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance from Bill Sorem on Vimeo. Chris Mato Nunpa, Ph.D. retired Associate Professor of Indigenous Nations and Dakota
2015 Fall Newsletter is now available.
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Wahkon, Rum River, Minnesota
This is an open Letter To County Commissioners Pondering Rum River Name-Change Effort written by Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer. Mr. Dahlheimer requested that we post it.
Mendota Dakota Community Center to be demolished for restaurant parking
The Mendota Dakota tribal group has been struggling to keep the community center it has in Mendota, but the group was recently given a 60-day
Lineal descendant lawsuit nearing a final ruling.
By Troy Krause, Editor Redwood Gazette Posted Jan 27, 2011 A lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of lineal descendants of an 1886 U.S. census
Mendota Dakota may lose center, News Article + photo
Mendota Dakota may lose center By NICOLE NORFLEET, Star Tribune September 4, 2010 The water at the two-story home of the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community
The local Twin Cities office of the National Park Service, known as MNRRA, the National Mississippi River and Recreation Area
The local Twin Cities office of the National Park Service, known as MNRRA, the National Mississippi River and Recreation Area, has provided clarification on who
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