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Dakota Conflict 150th Commemoration

Descendants of Exiled Dakota Indians Remember Minnesota’s “Trail of Tears”

By Nick Coleman | November 14, 2012

Minnesota’s Dakota tribe commemorates the 150th anniversary of their 150-mile “trail of tears” forced march out of their ancestral land in 1862.

Dakota Conflict 150th Commemoration

Relatives of Dakota who survived MN 1862 Concentration Camp at Fort Snelling remember and honor

MN “Concentration Camp” Survivors’ Relatives Remember 150 Years Later

By Allison Herrera | February 12, 2012

150 years after the Dakota War, the war remains a wound that has yet to heal. We watch a special ceremony remembering the many Dakota women and children who did not survive the winter of 1862-63 at the Fort Snelling “concentration camp”.

Minnesota

The Coldwater Spring Willow Weeps No More

By Bill Sorem | August 25, 2011

The giant willow by the source of historic Coldwater Spring has been cut down. The National Park Service removed the tree claiming it was damaging the nearby reservoir. The tree was also showing its age with decaying wood, cracks and weak branches.

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Dakota Conflict 150th Commemoration

Descendants of Exiled Dakota Indians Remember Minnesota’s “Trail of Tears”

By Nick Coleman | November 14, 2012

Dakota Conflict 150th Commemoration

MN “Concentration Camp” Survivors’ Relatives Remember 150 Years Later

By Allison Herrera | February 12, 2012

Minnesota

The Coldwater Spring Willow Weeps No More

By Bill Sorem | August 25, 2011