Research Catalog

Title

Mni sota makoce : the land of the Dakota / Gwen Westerman & Bruce White ; foreword by Glenn Wasicuna.

Author

Westerman, Gwen

Publication

St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, ©2012.

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Additional Authors

White, Bruce M., 1951-

Description

viii, 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Summary

Much of the focus on the Dakota people in Minnesota rests on the tragic events of the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War and the resulting exile that sent the majority of the Dakota to prisons and reservations beyond the state's boundaries. But the true depth of the devastation of removal cannot be understood without a closer examination of the history of the Dakota people and their deep cultural connection to the land that is Minnesota. Drawing on oral history interviews, archival work, and painstaking comparisons of Dakota, French, and English sources, Mni Sota Makoce tells the detailed history of the Dakota people in their traditional homelands for at least hundreds of years prior to exile. "Minnesota" is derived from the Dakota phrase Mni Sota Makoce, Land Where the Waters Reflect the Clouds -- and the people's roots here remain strong. Authors Gwen Westerman and Bruce White examine narratives of the people's origins, their associations with the land, and the seasonal round through key players and place names. They consider Dakota interactions with Europeans and offer an in-depth "reading between the lines" of historical documents -- some of them virtually unknown -- and treaties made with the United States, uncovering misunderstandings and outright deceptions that helped lead to war in 1862.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Dakota Indians > Minnesota > History
• Dakota Indians > Minnesota > Social life and customs
• Indians, Treatment of > Minnesota
• Dakota > Minnesota > Histoire
• Dakota > Minnesota > Mœurs et coutumes
• American Indians > Dakota
• American Indians > Minnesota
• Dakota Indians
• Dakota Indians > Social life and customs
• Indians, Treatment of
• Dakota Indians > Minnesota
• Minnesota > History
• Minnesota > Histoire
• Minnesota
• United States, Minnesota > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Awards (note)

• Hognander Minnesota History Award 2014

Contents

• Homelands -- Reading between the lines of the historical record -- Dakota landscape in the nineteenth century -- Drawing lines on sacred land: The Dakota treaties -- Reclaiming Minnesota -- Mni sota makoce.
• Pronunciation Guide 11 -- The seven fires of the Dakota 22 -- [Eleventh picture in the middle section : Pictograph] -- Dakota summer villages [Place names/map]122-123 -- Treaty of Traverse des Sioux 173-179.

ISBN

• 9780873518697
• 0873518691
• 9780873518833 (canceled/invalid)
• 0873518837 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2012022469
• 40021376423

OCLC

• 793221826
• SCSB-12730709

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library