dakota commemorative march

Dakota Commemorative March

Lower Sioux Agency to Fort Snelling
November 7 - 13, 2014

Photos of those participating in 2002

In 1862 bounties were placed on the scalps of Dakota people by Governor Alexander Ramsey which eventually reached $200

The marchers leaving the Lower Sioux Community Center at the start of the march

The marchers crossing the Medota bridge almost at the end of the march


Gerald Standing (from the Wahpeton Reserve in Saskatchewan) and Ron Leith	Leo Omani, from the Wahpeton Reserve in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.


Art Owens at the Fort Snelling Interpretive Center with Judy Thomson from the Department of Natural Resources	Gerald Standing , carrying the eagle staff for the 38 hanged at Mankato.

Photos from the 2006 March

	The Staffs lead the Marchers Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
	Students carry their staffs Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
	Placing a stake at mile marker 75 Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
	A Marker for Zizi Win Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
	Coming to Mendota Bridge Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
	Arrival at Fort Snelling Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
	Reading the names of the women who were forced marched to Fort Snelling. Each woman had a stake with her name on it placed in a circle at the area where they were forced to camp. Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
	Continuing to read the names. Can you imagine how the women must have felt when they arrived here, cold, tired, scared, hungry, today we have warm coats, then they didn't. This area is desolate even today, it had to have been worse then. Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
	The comfort station, with photos of two of the 1862 women on the side. You probably recognise them from this site. Photo copyright: Reuben Kitto 2006
Thanks to Reuben Kitto for the use of these photos.


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