Author: Warren UphamPublisher:
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Minnesota Geographic Names
Author: Warren UphamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Minnesota Place Names
Author: Warren UphamPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873513968
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Tells the stories behind more than 20,000 names of towns and cities, townships and counties, lakes and rivers, of the North Star state of Minnesota.
Mni Sota Makoce
Author: Gwen WestermanPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 0873518837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
An intricate narrative of the Dakota people over the centuries in their traditional homelands, the stories behind the profound connections that hold true today.
Where the Waters Gather and the Rivers Meet
Author: Paul C. DurandPublisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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North Country
Author: Mary Lethert WingerdPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816648689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
In 1862, four years after Minnesota was ratified as the thirty-second state in the Union, simmering tensions between indigenous Dakota and white settlers culminated in the violent, six-week-long U.S.-Dakota War. Hundreds of lives were lost on both sides, and the war ended with the execution of thirty-eight Dakotas on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota--the largest mass execution in American history. The following April, after suffering a long internment at Fort Snelling, the Dakota and Winnebago peoples were forcefully removed to South Dakota, precipitating the near destruction of the area's native communities while simultaneously laying the foundation for what we know and recognize today as Minnesota. In North Country: The Making of Minnesota, Mary Lethert Wingerd unlocks the complex origins of the state--origins that have often been ignored in favor of legend and a far more benign narrative of immigration, settlement, and cultural exchange. Moving from the earliest years of contact between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of the western Great Lakes region to the era of French and British influence during the fur trade and beyond, Wingerd charts how for two centuries prior to official statehood Native people and Europeans in the region maintained a hesitant, largely cobeneficial relationship. Founded on intermarriage, kinship, and trade between the two parties, this racially hybridized society was a meeting point for cultural and economic exchange until the western expansion of American capitalism and violation of treaties by the U.S. government during the 1850s wore sharply at this tremulous bond, ultimately leading to what Wingerd calls Minnesota's Civil War. A cornerstone text in the chronicle of Minnesota's history, Wingerd's narrative is augmented by more than 170 illustrations chosen and described by Kirsten Delegard in comprehensive captions that depict the fascinating, often haunting representations of the region and its inhabitants over two and a half centuries. North Country is the unflinching account of how the land the Dakota named Mini Sota Makoce became the State of Minnesota and of the people who have called it, at one time or another, home.
North Dakota Place Names
Author: Douglas A. WickPublisher:
ISBN: 9780911007114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Chippewa Mat-weaving Techniques
Author: Karen Daniels PetersenPublisher:
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Category : Indian textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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The Street Where You Live
Author: Donald EmpsonPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816647293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
More than one thousand entries and more than one hundred photographs present an entertaining history of the often quirky origins of St. Paul place names, from A Street to Zimmermann Place and including parks, lakes, streams, roads, cemeteries, bridges, neighborhoods, and many other landmarks. Original.
Native American Placenames of the United States
Author: William BrightPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806135984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date, scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from native languages." "Linguist William Bright assembled a team of twelve editorial consultants - experts in Native American languages - and many other native contributors to prepare this lexicon of eleven thousand placenames along with their etymologies. New data from leading scholars make this volume an invaluable reference for students of American Indian culture, folklore, and local histories. Bright's introduction explains his methodology and the contents of each entry. This comprehensive, alphabetical lexicon preserves native language as it details the history and culture found in American indian placenames.
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