Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community

Preserving, Protecting and Promoting the Dakota Culture for Future Generations

The MMDTC is a Tribal 501C3 Org

Horrible places in our Native American History. Our people are so traumatized to this day.

  1. Check out this website see if you had ggrandparents at boarding schools.
  2. Lilly Felix, grandmother to many families in Mendota was forced to go to Carlisle Indian School. http://www.carlisleindianschool.org/felix.html
  3. Here is Dickinson website it has lots of really good information. http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/additional-resources/carlisle-indian-industrial-school
  4. https://www.indianz.com there are many articles about Canton Insane Asylum.This asylum was only for Indians who would not conform to the white man. This place was more evil the Carlisle’s.