Mankato Run – Update.

Dakota 38+2 Wokiksuye Memorial Ride and Annual Mankato Run 2010 December 10 – 26, 2010 – One Circle
To: Dakota Oyate, friends and supporters. Date: November 1, 2010.
Re: Ride Itinerary and Donation Needs – on behalf of Peter Lengkeek, Crow Creek SD -2010 Eagle Staff Carrier.
The organizers who continue to fulfill the vision and commitment of the Dakota Wokiksuye Memorial Ride need your support. The 6th Year of the Ride is taking place and the dream of prayer, healing and forgiveness for riders, communities and nations continues. This is a call for friends and volunteers to help in whatever way they can, such as: Hay and feed for horses, lodging, cooks to provide meals along the route, and a final feast on December 26, 2010, when Riders and Mankato Runners arrive at Land of Memories Park in Mankato.
Schedule and Route:
Dec. 10-18 – Crow Creek, SD; Leave Flandreau, SD on Dec. 18th; Leave Pipestone, MN, 12/18th to Russell & Milroy, MN).
Dec. 20 (Mon)– Arrive Birch Coulee Battlefield/Morton, MN (Horses corralled at Strong Family Ranch/Birch Coulee).
Dec. 21 (Tue.) – Rest Day. Horses corralled at Strong Family Ranch/Birch Coulee.
Dec. 22 (Wed.) 5:30 p.m. – Opening Feast – (Morton City Hall.*) sponsored by families of Cansayapi.
Dec. 23 (Thur.) 9 a.m. – Ceremony at Birch Coulee Battlefield. Riders leave Birch Coulee/Morton to Fort Ridgley.
5:30 p.m. – Return for evening meal at Morton City Hall* sponsored by Upper Sioux Community, Granite Falls. Horses corralled at Strong Family Ranch/Birch Coulee.
Dec. 24 (Fri.) 9 a.m. Fort Ridgley to Courtland. Horses corralled at New Ulm Battery.
6 p.m. Meal at Courtland Community Center.
Dec. 25 (Sat.) 9 a.m. Courtland to Mankato, Land of Memories Park. Horses corralled at New Ulm Battery.
5:30 p.m Namegiving Feast sponsored by Strong/Leith Tiospaye, Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church*in DeSmet Hall, corner of 5th St & Mulberry St. Mankato.
Dec. 26 (Sun.) 9 a.m. Riders leave Land of Memories Park to downtown Mankato, Ceremony. Return to Land of Memories Park to greet Mankato Runners.
Noon, approx. Final Honoring Feast for Riders & Runners, Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church*, DeSmet Hall, 5th & Mulberry St., Mankato. Conclude 2010 Wokiksuye Memorial Ride and Mankato Run activities.
Financial donations to Dakota Wicohan, a MN non-profit organization, fiscal agent for the Sunktanka Riders in Minnesota: Make checks payble to: “Dakota Wicohan, attn: Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride”, POB 2,Morton, MN 56270 or by PayPal, Granite Falls Bank, 702 Prentice St., Granite Falls,MN 56241.
If you can Volunteer, Cooks and servers are needed along the route and the final feast. (Menu, soup, fry bread, coffee, tea, water, fresh fruit) Contact Info: Cooks/meal volunteers – Angie O’Keefe, 507-430-0680, Morton, MN or Yvonne Leith, 320-226-6994, Granite Falls, MN for Final Feast, 12/26/10.
For Rider/Horse needs, MN Coordinator, Darwin Strong, 507-430-5246. Lead Riders: Peter Lengkeek, 605-730-3128 and Harvey & Joy Renville, 605-932-3527.
Mankato Run Info: Dallas Goldtooth, Minneapolis, 507-210-4679 and Wayne Wells, Prairie Island, 651-248-5168.
Motels: America’s Best Value Inn, Morton, 507-697-6205. Best Western, No. Mankato, 507-625-9333. (Special Rates.)
Must state they are with the “Dakota 38 Horseride”.
Wopida, thanks to the many communities, tribal communities, organizations, churches and families who have offered help and support on this sacred, healing journey. (2010 Dakota38+2 Wokiksuye Committee.)