The Honoring Dakota Project continues our Community Engagement Sessions with online facilitated conversations. These sessions will provide a space to learn more about our shared history to help foster understanding and healing.
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Format:
Jeremy & Collins Fields of Thrive Unltd and Prairie Island Indian Community Educators and Culture Bearers will facilitate these conversations. Participants will be provided with short videos to watch before and during the session.
Each session discussion will be focused on specific episodes, which will be played during the discussion; prior viewing is not required. Viewing additional episodes outside the session is encouraged. Consider these questions while watching the videos to be discussed during the session:
“What did you learn?”
“What surprised you?”
“What does this information inspire in you?”
“How does this information challenge you?”
Online guests will be invited into the online discussion room after participation identification is provided in the online waiting room. The online sessions will be monitored and recorded. RSVP is not required; day-of participation is welcome.
Content:
Episodes from a Twin Cities Public Television Documentary Series
THE PAST IS ALIVE WITHIN US: THE U.S.- DAKOTA CONFLICT - This documentary examines one of the most difficult chapters of Minnesota’s history: the state’s involvement in the Dakota War as the Civil War was simultaneously raging. It’s a mix of historical information & contemporary stories & is designed to build a better understanding of historical interpretation & encourage critical thinking. It will look at the subject through the lens of public memory.
Titles:
TELLING THE DAKOTA STORY - Using film and humor, Dakota people strive to tell the Dakota perspective. Guests: John Trudell, Sheldon Wolfchild, Dallas Goldtooth, Migizi Pensoneau, Nathaniel "Bobby" Wilson (Length: 4 minutes 19 seconds) Link to the video.
SETTLERS FLOCK TO MINNESOTA -Immigrating families, looking for new beginnings, flood the Minnesota Territory. The dramatic increase in population leads settlers to locate near and in Dakota land. The government ignored Dakota protestations. Guests: Matt Boisen, Scott W. Berg, Erickson Family, Jamie Erickson, Katherine Beane, Trinidad Rangel, Ramona Kitto Stately, Reverend Henry Campbell, Mary Wingerd, Ph.D. (Length: 7 minutes, 44 seconds) Link to the video.