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fWotD Episode 2797: Minneapolis Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Tuesday, 31 December 2024 is Minneapolis.Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Upper Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. Minneapolis is built on an artesian aquifer on flat terrain and is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", Minneapolis is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks, and waterfalls. The city's public park system is connected by the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway.Dakota people originally inhabited the site of today's Minneapolis. European colonization and settlement began north of Fort Snelling along Saint Anthony Falls—the only natural waterfall on the Mississippi River. Location near the fort and the falls' power—with its potential for industrial activity—fostered the city's early growth. For a time in the 19th century, Minneapolis was the lumber and flour milling capital of the world, and as home to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, it has preserved its financial clout into the 21st century. A Minneapolis Depression-era labor strike brought about federal worker protections. Work in Minneapolis contributed to the computing industry, and the city is the birthplace of General Mills, the Pillsbury brand, Target Corporation, and Thermo King mobile refrigeration.The city's major arts institutions include the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Guthrie Theater. Four professional sports teams play downtown. Prince is survived by his favorite venue, the First Avenue nightclub. Minneapolis is home to the University of Minnesota's main campus. The city's public transport is provided by Metro Transit, and the international airport, serving the Twin Cities region, is located towards the south on the city limits.Residents adhere to more than fifty religions. Despite its well-regarded quality of life, Minneapolis has stark disparities among its residents—arguably the most critical issue confronting the city in the 21st century. Governed by a mayor-council system, Minneapolis has a political landscape dominated by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), with Jacob Frey serving as mayor since 2018.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:31 UTC on Tuesday, 31 December 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Minneapolis on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Joanna.

It's the junction of two important rivers – the Mississippi and the Minnesota – and it made sense to have a fort here.  But for...

Construction will close parts of Interstate 35E for two weekends starting Friday night. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says northbound I-35E will be closed between Little Canada and Columbus this weekend. Next weekend, the southbound lanes will be closed.After being closed for more than a month due to river flooding, Fort Snelling State Park in the Twin Cities is open again. The park at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers closed June 22 as river levels rose following heavy rain. Park staff had to repair flood damage to roads, trails and other infrastructure before reopening.This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.Find these headlines and more at Mprnews.org.Read the latest edition of the AM Update newsletter.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or RSS.

Dr. David Huth-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FORT SNELLING National Cemetery Complex joins John Hines

Jim Klobuchar is buried at Fort Snelling after serving heroically in the Korean War.  His daughter, US Senator Amy Klobuchar, will be delivering Memorial Day remarks there this morning.   She talked with John Hines about the importance of today across the United States.

Dr. David Huth-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FORT SNELLING National Cemetery Complex joins John Hines

Jim Klobuchar is buried at Fort Snelling after serving heroically in the Korean War.  His daughter, US Senator Amy Klobuchar, will be delivering Memorial Day remarks there this morning.   She talked with John Hines about the importance of today across the United States.

Theatermaker Joe Hendren wants people to know about History Theatre's Raw Stages new works festival, taking place through Sunday in St. Paul. There's a reading of a new work-in-progress each day. These are plays and musicals commissioned by the History Theatre, and this festival is an opportunity for the shows' playwrights and artistic team to see how an audience reacts, and for the audience to ask questions and offer feedback in a Q&A following each performance. Find the line-up here.Hendren is especially interested in seeing “Secret Warriors,” a new play written by Rick Shiomi, a founding member of Theater Mu and co-founder of Full-Circle Theater. The play is about the nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) who worked with the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II as translators, codebreakers and interrogators. The show highlights a piece of Minnesota history: the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Fort Snelling. That reading is Saturday at 2 p.m.St. Paul artist Stuart Loughridge is looking forward to the opening this Saturday of David Cunningham's exhibit “City Life” at Gallery 360 in Minneapolis.Cunningham's oil paintings focus on urban landscapes and on liminal times of day when the light of dusk or dawn does magical things to a city. Loughridge says Cunningham's paintwork is “exciting and active,” with elements of abstraction, and he appreciates the mysterious narratives of the people who populate his canvasses. Visitors can expect to see familiar Twin Cities sights in a new way. The show runs through Feb. 25. St. Paul playwright Kyle B. Dekker is a big fan of the Minneapolis band Sycamore Gap, who he always enjoys seeing perform at the Renaissance Festival. The group sings old world, revival and original folk music about working people, with sea shanties and some yodeling thrown in for good measure. Dekker loves their harmonies and bass rhythms.  This Saturday, Sycamore Gap will be the closing act in a four-band local concert in South Minneapolis. The event is a fundraiser for the Arbitrarium, an artist coop that is raising money to buy their building and create housing for low-income artists. The show starts at 7 p.m. and will be livestreamed on YouTube.  

Historic Fort Snelling is an old military site perched between the intersections of two highways and two rivers, the Minnesota and the Mississippi. There's a lot of history that converges there too. That river confluence and the surrounding area is sacred to Dakota people and a reminder of a painful time period, as the site of a concentration camp where more than 1,600 Dakota people were held and hundreds died in the winter of 1862. The fort was part of the backdrop of Dred Scott v. Sandford and the site of a Japanese language school during World War II. For years, the Minnesota Historical Society has been working to revamp its museum at the Fort to better represent all of these stories. MNHS Director of Native American Initiatives joined MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the culmination of that effort, a new exhibit that opened Saturday.

The City of Minneapolis and union representing Minneapolis police officers are negotiating a new contract and there are more eyes on the process than ever before. More on those contract negotiations and what one member of the community commission on police oversight hopes will come of them. A fierce free speech debate gained national attention last year at Hamline University. Today, a regional symposium in St. Paul aims to better understand free speech issues.And historic Fort Snelling is the intersection of painful stories in Minnesota history. More on a new exhibit capturing all of it. Plus, a Minnesotan is first pick in the first-ever women's hockey league draft. We have the latest.And as winter moves in, birds are on the move, too. We talk bird migration with the University of Minnesota's raptor center.

Send us a Text Message.You're about to embark on a memorable journey through time, as we sit down with my Uncle Alphonse Wolak to share his unforgettable experiences serving in the now famous Eighth Air Force during World War II. From the moment he enlisted at Fort Snelling at 18 years old, to flying harrowing missions over Germany and Belgium, Alphonse's stories paint a vivid picture of bravery, sacrifice, and loss. As a left side gunner on the B-24 Liberator, every mission was a testament to the fortitude and dedication of young soldiers to our country. His descriptive tales from the front are sure to leave you on the edge of your seat.Alphonse's stories give us a rare glimpse into the humanity amidst the chaos and loss of war. Like his ten-day leave in Glascow, Scotland, when he found a brief respite from the war in the warmth of a local family and the comfort of a pub - reminding us that even amidst war, the human spirit endures.  So, brace yourselves for a journey back in time as we honor our veterans and the sacrifices they've made. Alphonse's first-hand accounts from World War II will captivate, inform, and inspire.This is part one of a three part series.Support the Show.

In early 2022, Jim Denomie, the internationally acclaimed painter, was in the thick of planning a mid-career exhibition with the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Then, cancer struck. Denomie died two weeks after his diagnosis. He was 66.That exhibition, “The Lyrical Artwork of Jim Denomie,” opened this summer, transformed into a posthumous survey of the latter half of the famous colorist's career — a career that skewered mainstream histories and purveyors of injustice, from Fort Snelling to Standing Rock, while championing the joy and resilience of Native communities.“It's a very bittersweet exhibition,” says Nicole Soukup, an assistant curator of contemporary art at Mia. Soukup had been planning the show closely with Denomie since 2019, up until the Ojibwe artist's death in 2022.“He was so beloved, not only in Minneapolis and St. Paul and Minnesota, but across the country and across the world. Words fail when you talk about somebody with such kindness and generosity and such a clear vision as an artist, and my words have failed me quite a bit in creating this exhibition,” she adds.Truth-tellerSoukup and Denomie's community say that the exhibition is just the beginning of building a legacy. As is the Jim Denomie Memorial Scholarship, created to help rising Native artists who embody what Denomie valued: truth and community.“I hope that he continues to inspire artists to do work that also speaks to what's going on in the world — artists as truth-tellers,” says author Diane Wilson, Denomie's wife of several decades. “That's a lot of what Jim was doing — speaking truth, both historically and in the present, about what has happened to and within Native communities, and that I hope will continue. I hope that's his legacy”At the entry of the exhibition, a 2016 video interview with Denomie loops.“My art reflects my identity and experience as a contemporary Native American male in the 21st century,” he says. Soukup says it was important to include Denomie's voice first. To allow Denomie to define himself, his art, in his own terms.“And also it reflects some of the government campaigns that affected Native culture in Minnesota and around the country to how it ultimately affected me through the assimilation campaign and the Relocation Act,” Denomie continues in the video. “And all of these issues defined or shaped my identity, and it's my identity that shapes my art." Todd Bockley, of the Minneapolis gallery that represents Denomie, says the artist brought to light difficult histories that many would prefer to keep hidden.“He was both humble and courageous to create and make public his interpretations of significant historical events of the past and present while also depicting his innermost thoughts and fantasies,” Bockley said.Denomie's artSoukup walks the galleries, surrounded by Denomie's paintings and totem-like sculptures. There are dreamy paintings of him and Wilson relaxing on a couch; of sensual landscapes with anthropomorphized animals on horseback; of spirituality and sexuality; as well as sculptures made from found objects — shells and plastic thingamabobs, feathers, buttons and bones.In his most iconoclastic paintings, Denomie, like the 15th-century artist Hieronymus Bosch, packs characters into every inch, collapsing time by pulling them from history, pop culture and current events. Several make repeat appearances: blue bunnies, a recurring motif that Denomie called “protectors,” the Dakota 38+2, American Indian Movement activists, “Wizard of Oz” characters, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, the Mona Lisa and figures representing Minneapolis police officers infamous for abusing two Native men with “rough rides” in the early 90s.All of his paintings swirl with his signature palette: violet, indigo, fuschia, turquoise, lime green, mustard yellow. The vibrant colors disarm, inviting in tough stories like a rainbow Trojan horse. These are Denomie's correctives to the historical record. Soukup and others have said Denomie paints the “ancestral present.”“These are paintings that you laugh at, and you also want to cry, you don't know which way you should react to it, but you're probably going to react both ways,” Soukup said.Take “Eminent Domain,” a 10-foot-wide canvas with a sort of pictographic map of the U.S.“Flying high above the scene in the sky, we have an eagle carrying away a dachshund and right next to them, you see Evel Knievel jumping his bike across the church,” Soukup says. “But directly below that you see depictions of sexual abuse by boarding schools and the Catholic Church; you see a depiction of the Ghost Dance from Wounded Knee and the reality of Wounded Knee, both in the 19th century and in the 1970s.”Across from it hangs “A Beautiful Hero, Woody Keeble.” Denomie has depicted, on horseback in a mountain range, the World War II and Korean War veteran Woodrow Wilson Keeble of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. Taking fire at him are anthropomorphized birds and dogs with machine guns, while blue rabbits dot the snow-covered slopes. “The works in this room are centered around the theme of a beautiful hero and who determines a hero?” Soukup explains. “The question is who gets to write about history, who gets to learn about history, and what can we learn from questioning our sources about history? That is something that Jim did from the moment he started painting.”A righteous angerDenomie was an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band. Born in Hayward, Wis., he grew up in south Minneapolis. In many interviews and talks, he recalls how he knew he wanted to be an artist since he was a little kid, but he dropped out of high school when a counselor discouraged him from pursuing art. For decades, he did drywall and fell into a life of what he called “partying and addiction.” He returned to art in the 1990s, as well as American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota.“I went back to drywall, but it became a vehicle that allowed me to paint what I wanted to paint and not necessarily what I needed to sell,” Denomie says in the video. “And so I was able to develop more challenging, more witty, political, social commentary, which is probably what I'm most known for today.”He went on to paint with what Wilson calls a righteous anger, rooted in the government's treatment of Native people. This included his own family — his grandparents were taken and placed in Native boarding schools. When Jim was sick with cancer the first time, Wilson, their son, and some friends went to the pipeline protests at Standing Rock in South Dakota. Their son, she says, stayed for months, sending home stories to Denomie about the violent treatment of nonviolent activists. Denomie turned these stories into a series of paintings on Standing Rock, depicting ferocious dogs and fire hoses used on protesters in the dead of winter.In his paintings, that righteous anger mixed with wit and whimsy to create what Denomie called a “metaphorical realism.”  Put another way, his friend, the poet Heid E. Erdrich, wrote in the exhibition catalog that Denomie employed a “postmodern Anishinaabe mapping of events.”But Denomie's legacy isn't only in his art, says Soukup.“His legacy is going to be a lot of things, and things that we won't even know about, because we're only 16 months after his passing,” Soukup says. “But hand in hand with all of it is mentorship and care for community, friends, family. The amount of people who have stories, the amount of people who Jim gave undivided attention to, is profound.”Another longtime friend, mentee and fellow Ojibwe artist Andrea Carlson, agrees. She calls him her “art dad.” They first met when Carlson was an MFA student in the early 2000s and he visited her studio.“I didn't know what I was doing, but he was like, ‘Keep doing it,'” says Carlson, who is now based in Grand Marais, Minn. “I feel like I need to do that for other artists now, kind of take the Jim Denomie mandate, and apply it to other artists that are just starting out, because I needed that.”The two would go on to exhibit together at Mia in the 2007 “New Skins” show. And a few of Carlson's paintings are currently on display at Mia, just around the corner from Denomie's show.Leaving a voidDenomie's work held a particular place for Indigenous viewers.“Jim was always saving the last laugh for Native people,” Carlson says. “We have these very hard histories, but he wasn't going to just replay the hard histories, he was going to reserve healing and joy for Native people in his work.”Like Carlson, textile artist Maggie Thompson recalls always seeing Denomie show up at exhibition openings, whether the artist was just starting out or established.“I think because of his position in the art world, it was just like really cool to see him show up regardless of who or where,” Thompson says.Thompson is Ojibwe from the Fond du Lac Band and is based in Minneapolis. She was recently awarded the 2023 Jim Denomie Memorial Scholarship, an award that was created soon after his passing by the Denomie and Wilson Family, and the Minneapolis-based All My Relations Arts, the Native American Community Development Institute, and Bockley Gallery.Thompson is the second to receive the $10,000 award, after the 2022 inaugural recipient, Duluth artist Jonathan Thunder. She says the award has given her a boost at a moment when she was struggling, both emotionally and financially.“I was feeling a little lost and a little defeated,” Thompson said. “So I felt like receiving the award kind of gave me the motivation and gave me a reminder of why I do what I do.”Like Denomie, Thompson has demonstrated great commitment to the community. She mentors and employs young artists, both Native and non-Native, and even toured the Denomie exhibition with them. Thompson also often offers her northeast Minneapolis studio for community events.“I think art can be an important vehicle to keep that momentum and that engagement and give people another place to feel at home and welcome,” she says.What's left behindDiane Wilson says his community was shocked at Denomie's quick passing, which sparked the scholarship.“There was just this outpouring of ‘What can we do? How can we help?'” Wilson says. “That's why we set up that scholarship, because people needed to do something, so they poured their grief into donations.”In the wooded hills of Shafer, Minn., Wilson walks the grounds of the home and studios she long shared with Denomie.She points to a line of old carousel horses lying in tall grass.“He had this idea that eventually he was going to do an installation because he had flying horses in a lot of his paintings,” Wilson says.Behind them is a cut tree stump on a sawhorse.“That was going to be a next sculpture,” Wilson says. “He got sick so suddenly, that it's like he just left in the middle of a lot of projects.”Denomie's studio above their garage has remained much the same since his death, save for some paintings and drawings that were removed for the exhibition and archiving. Every surface is covered with materials and inspirations, from photos of friends and globs of paint to figurines of the California Raisins and the masks he collected from around the world.Wilson recalls coming up here from her writing studio next door. Music would be blasting — he always had his 60-CD player going while he worked, she says — and they would dance and joke around.“I wish he was here, But now that some time has passed I'm thinking about, well, how can we continue his legacy?” Wilson says. “I've been thinking about his space. It'd be nice to have creative energy in here again.”Wilson sits in their living room, beneath one of his paintings hanging over the fireplace. She says there will also be more exhibitions to follow — a group show at the University of Minnesota Nash Gallery in early 2024, and Wilson and others are planning another for his recent painting series of the Dakota 38+2 — some of his “best work,” she says.In the meantime, Wilson wants to return to the Mia exhibition, which she finds “poignant” because “he got to choose what people would see.”“What lingers really of his spirit in this plane is in his artwork. So when you see Jim's paintings, that's still where he resides,” Wilson says.“The Lyrical Art of Jim Denomie” is on view through March 2024. 

Cory Maria Dack is an Indigenous Latina who recently finished thru-paddling the entire Mississippi River - all 2,552 miles/4,108 km - source to sea, an incredible adventure that took over 134 days.  Born in Ecuador and raised in the U.S. (in Duluth, Minnesota near the Canadian border), Cory has been an adventure guide and outdoor leader for nearly 20 years. She decided to thru-paddle the most famous waterway in the U.S. in part to increase representation of women of color, fat bodied people, immigrants, queer folks, and other demographics often left out of the narrative on the water and in the outdoor recreation world. Cory's main mission and message on her Mississippi River Trip was to “Decolonize Thru-Paddling,” a play on words that highlighted how she and her paddle partners: 1. Decolonized the concept of a “thru-paddle” (paddling all the way through a waterway, source to sea) 2. Uplifed messages of decolonization “thru” the act of paddling. What does it mean to “decolonize” something?  Decolonization is the important practice of unpacking ways of life that support and are informed by systemic racism, colonization, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fat phobia, misogyny, xenophobia, and any other form of systemic violence. Cory and her friends “Decolonized Thru Paddling” by:  * Bridging equity gaps through representation of Women, People of Color, fat bodied people, members of the LGBQT+ community, immigrants, economically disadvantaged people, and other demographics that are underrepresented on the water and in the outdoors * Honoring Native American/Indigenous Land by being in community and ceremony with Native communities, elders, and water protectors across the country * Being grounded in community-driven values: they prioritized meeting people who live on the River and delighted in making new friends and connections along the way   Catch the latest episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast every Tuesday at 7am UK time. Don't miss out, hit the subscribe button to stay up-to-date! You can also help us increase the representation of female role models in the media especially in relation to adventure and physical challenges by supporting our mission. Visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast to learn more. Thank you for your support!   Show notes Who is Cory Born in Ecuador, but being raised in Minnesota Currently being on a national tour called - Canoe Mobile  Being adopted at 3 months old Her early years and not being outdoorsy Getting into the outdoors in her early 20s Working at a summer camp and learning new skills Gaining new qualifications while at camp Becoming a canoe guide Feeling like an imposter Having empowering mentors who have supported and encouraged her Knowing that she belongs and that she deserves to be there Ignoring the other systems (gender, wealth, race, age)  that were telling her she didn't belong  Decolonization and why we do the things we do Who is worthy to spend time in the outdoors Coming up with the idea to thru-paddle the Mississippi River Spending 100 days on the Mississippi River and wanting to do another long river trip Working for 3 seasons and using grassroots funding to pay for the journey  Recognising her privilige Wanting to empower others to go on adventures Wanting to take her time on the journey and meet communities along the way Fears and concerns before the journey  Dealing with the cold weather and winter while on the river Starting the journey at the end of August Mental health struggles while on the river Reaching out to community and asking for help River Angels Magical moments  134 days on the river Having Emily Ford come and join her for 200 miles on the river  Daily life while on the river and finding peace and a new rhythm to living Not feeling safe going solo Paddling with Sarah for the final 1000 miles Land Acknowledgements  Paddling through the twin cities  Connecting with many local community groups Black Lives Matter  Native Lives Matter  Minnesota Immigrants Rights Action Committee (MIRAC)  Bdóte ('meeting of waters' or 'where two rivers meet') considered to be a place of spiritual importance to the Dakota People. Brining communities together in a moment of celebration  The truth behind Fort Snelling and the land it stands on A time for medicine and a time for healing Making an offering to the water/river Reflecting back on the journey - success and lessons learned How do you define success on a journey  Adjusting back to normal life  Rolling straight into the canoe mobile tour  Celebrating the end of the journey Working with a therapist and being able to speak to them while on the river How to connect with Cory Final words of advice Wanting everyone to know that they belong in nature, outside, outdoors and it's safe for them to be there. The power of starting small     Social Media Women on the Water Website: www.women-on-the-water22.com Instagram: @corymaria13     

Crack of dawn SOSS! We don't know how to talk! Summer has too many obligations. More trash is able to travel now.  Just pretend to be Canadian when you travel. Maya and Producer Tyler went to a new kind of party - talent show party. Mimes are cute! Hot tip: never nap before a party. Also, young people still know about Mazzy Star. Amy goes hiking at Fort Snelling, which she calls Fart Smelling. Amy teaches her sister about state parks.  Amy's niece goes to circus camp! Turns out that riding a unicycle can teach you how to ride a bike. The ladies discuss Project Runway. Laurence is everything. Maya dives back into “Is It Cake?” Amy's niece has also discovered this show. Approved/Denied: Tik Tok sensation “Bed Rotting”. The ladies remember Trading Spaces.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-spirit-of-77/message

The idea for a monument to honor Felix Battles germinated about five years ago at the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County. “Felix Battles is somebody that we at the historical society we've been studying for about 30 years,” explained program director Markus Krueger. “But he never really got out of our archives. He's got a fascinating story.”The story is about a Black man born into slavery who fought in the Civil War and was among the first residents of a new town on the western Minnesota prairie. As Krueger listened to the national debate in 2018 about removing Confederate Civil War statues in the south, he says he thought, “I know who deserves a statue. Felix Battles.”Started with a stencilWith a limited budget in mind, it began as a simple idea. “It started off with cutting out a piece of paper and spray painting a stencil onto a piece of wood,” said Krueger. The idea was to perhaps paint the stencil on a wall. Then a conversation with his neighbor, an engineer, raised the idea of cutting a silhouette from a thick sheet of steel. Krueger recently watched as a water jet machine carved the monument at a metal fabrication shop in Fargo, N.D. Using high pressure water jet the size of a pencil lead infused with crushed garnet, the computer guided machine precisely cut the design into a large steel plate. “It's three-quarter-inch steel. I can't do this in my garage. So this is pretty cool,” said Krueger. There are no known photographs of Battles and researchers have not found any living descendants. Krueger intentionally used a photo of an unidentified Black Civil War soldier to guide his design. “The idea of an unidentified soldier is just to represent everybody. So this particular statue is for Felix Battles, but it's also for all 209,000 African American soldiers and sailors who fought in the Civil War,” he said. A remarkable storyFelix Battles was born into slavery near Memphis, Tenn. Records track him to a plantation in Mississippi as a teenager.Battles then escaped and made his way north to St. Paul, working on Mississippi River steamboats, said Krueger.In 1864 he joined the army at Fort Snelling and fought for the Union. “I think one of America's great stories is at the start of the Civil War, we had millions of enslaved people. And then by the end of the war there were over 200,000 African American soldiers and sailors fighting in the United States Army,” said Krueger. “The stories of Black soldiers in the U.S. Army were intentionally written out of history. And so what we're trying to do here is bring awareness to that.”After the war, Battles became one of the earliest residents of Moorhead, arriving in 1873 with his wife Kate and several extended family members. A job with the newly constructed railroad likely led him to settle in Moorhead.A newspaper at the time called him “the pioneer barber of the Red River Valley.” He lived in Moorhead until his death in 1907. He shares a simple marker with other family members in a Moorhead cemetery.“He was a quiet guy, his obituary said, respected by all who knew him,” recalls Krueger. “All the old pioneers were going to go to his funeral, as well as the old soldiers of the community going to honor him at his funeral.”Delson Saintal also watched the monument take shape. Saintal is one of several Black community members on a committee advising the historical society on this project. He owns several barber shops and runs a barber school in Fargo.He's 30 years old, the same age Felix Battles was when he arrived in Moorhead 150 years ago. “Imagining what it was like around that time back in the early 1900s for him to be a Black barber in the Fargo-Moorhead area probably wasn't quite easy,” said Saintal, who thinks a permanent statue honoring a Black community pioneer is about representation. “And that really matters,” he said. “And if we have a Felix Battles monument in the Fargo-Moorhead area I think it just gives a chance for the younger generation to see that they are capable of doing stuff,” he said. Felix Battle More about the project Long overlooked Stories of Black history Felix Battles was 5 feet, 8 inches tall according to his army enlistment papers. The monument will be life size because Krueger wants people to be able to look Battles in the eye as they contemplate the history he represents. It will be located on a street corner where Battles once lived. The home is long gone and the site is now part of the Minnesota State University Moorhead campus. The goal is to raise enough money for benches and a small interpretive display so the spot can be a community gathering point. Krueger calls the statue an illustration to a biography, a marker that allows more people to learn the story of Felix Battles and a forgotten piece of history.

St. Paul's Pilgrim Baptist Church has served as a sanctuary for Black people living in Minnesota for more than a century and a half.The church first formed in 1863 when a group of formerly enslaved people, led by a man named Robert Thomas Hickman, began worshiping together. They built a raft and attempted to escape from Jefferson City, Mo., during the height of the Civil War.The group migrated by boat and called themselves pilgrims.They eventually made it to Fort Snelling through a steamship, known as the War Eagle, and the help of the Underground Railroad.“When they got to Fort Snelling, apparently the military decided that they were going to split this group up into three separate groups and send them to different parts of the state,” said James Robinson, a longtime member of the church and an assistant professor in the ethnic and religious studies department at Metropolitan State University.Robinson says the group that made it to St. Paul included Robert Thomas Hickman. Hickman's enslaver taught him to read and gave him permission to preach to other enslaved people. With his leadership, Pilgrim Baptist Church was built. The church once stood on Sibley Street, but moved to St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood in 1928 and now stands on Central Avenue.As the church celebrates 160 years of existence, Robinson says it's important to look back on history to learn its lessons and not repeat the mistakes of the past.“So history has an important role in giving every generation direction, not necessarily telling you where to go. But where you've been,” Robinson said.Robinson says the Black church has been one of the few places throughout American history where African Americans have had autonomy and self-determining power as a group. Over the years Pilgrim has been renovated — but worshippers today sit on the original pews, and portraits of former pastors are etched on stained glass windows where the light shines through.Charles Gill has been senior pastor here for nearly 20 years. He says while the church has been a place of worship all those years, it was also a place pastors could amplify the voices of those who fought for equal rights.“Along the way, Pilgrim has been a force of stabilization for this community, [a place] where its pastors were able to stand for right and stand on the behalf of those that are silent,” Gill said. Part of that call to action included demanding that a bridge be built to allow people to walk to the church after construction of I-94 in the 1960s displaced thousands of people in the Rondo neighborhood.Pilgrim Baptist Church members have also served the community in other ways as they have founded local chapters of the Urban League and the NAACP, and also founded the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center.Nate Galloway is a facilities manager at the church. He says former pastors, along with new ones, paved the way for generations to worship and succeed in peace. “They've used their knowledge, they've used their skills to shepherd not only the people inside this building 24/7, but out in the community,” Galloway said.As he looks back on 160 years, Galloway says lessons from the past should serve as a reminder of how one came to be, and how to create a better path moving forward.He says the church's history is something to build on and hopefully carry on for decades to come.“With God, there is always hope,” says Althea Rupert, chair of the board of Christian Education at the church. Her great grandmother joined the church in 1866. And while many things have improved since the civil war, she says positive change has no finish line. Her faith keeps her believing good things are coming for the next 100 years.“We know things are not perfect,” Rupert said. “There are challenges, but we know that with God, there's always something better out there.”Pilgrim Baptist Church will celebrate 160 years beginning Saturday, June 24 at the Hilton Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport hotel. Visit the church's website for details.

Steve Simpson filled in today on WCCO's Morning News and talked with Senator Klobuchar about the deal, when the vote will take place and observing Memorial Day at Fort Snelling.

Steve Simpson filled in today on WCCO's Morning News and talked with Senator Klobuchar about the deal, when the vote will take place and observing Memorial Day at Fort Snelling.

Since the mid-19th century one of the great tourist destinations in Minnesota has been Minnehaha Falls. Already known for its beauty, its fame intensified when Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized it in his poem "The Song of Hiawatha". But Minnehaha Falls has had a dark side as well. In the late 19th century it became a place synonymous with drunkenness and debauchery. The notorious father and son team of Adelbert and Irwin Gardner (and others) profited from the Minnehaha Midway, where corrupt cops intermingled with inebriated Fort Snelling soldiers and young Minneapolis women. Eventually the low-class dancehalls would be driven out, replaced by the park we know today.My guest is Karen E. Cooper, whose book "When Minnehaha Flowed With Whiskey: A Spirited History of the Falls" has just been nominated for a 2023 Minnesota Book Award. She shares some of the uncouth history of the Falls on this latest episode of Minnesota's Most Notorious. More about the author and her work can be found here: http://www.urbancreek.com/

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. We are here to help you find new books, for yourself or for your library. This season we continue to travel around Minnesota but this time we're learning about all the fascinating historical sites our state has to offer and giving you a book prompt inspired by each site.   We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! This week we encourage you to explore Historic Fort Snelling. “Learn stories of the military fort and its surrounding area, home to a wide history that includes Native peoples, trade, soldiers and veterans, enslaved people, immigrants, and the changing landscape.” To celebrate this, we suggest you read a book about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on 23 unique must-do experiences on and off the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at https://www.jeffersonhighway.org/ Featured Destinations include Winnipeg and Manitoba Canada; Fort Snelling in Minnesota; Mason City in Iowa; Joplin in Missouri; Pittsburg & Crawford County in Kansas; Tulsa in Oklahoma; Denison in Texas; and Bunkie in Louisiana. Featured music is "Chicken & Waffles" by Johnny Mastro & The Mama's Boys, "Texas Blue Moon" by Shelley King. Plus, hear some Louisiana Hollywood History on the Jefferson Highway by Steve Schneickert. THIS SHOW IS PART TWO OF A 2-PART SPECIAL. LISTEN TO PART ONE HERE. Map image by Mike Conklin

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on 23 unique must-do experiences on and off the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at https://www.jeffersonhighway.org/Featured Destinations include Winnipeg and Manitoba Canada; Fort Snelling in Minnesota; Mason City in Iowa; Joplin in Missouri; Pittsburg & Crawford County in Kansas; Tulsa in Oklahoma; Denison in Texas; and Bunkie in Louisiana. Featured music is "Chicken & Waffles" by Johnny Mastro & The Mama's Boys, "Texas Blue Moon" by Shelley King. Plus, hear some Louisiana Hollywood History on the Jefferson Highway by Steve Schneickert.LISTEN TO PART ONE HERE: https://youtu.be/C5chYAzmrQoMap image courtesy of Mike Conlin.

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Thursday "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on 23 unique must-do experiences on and off the historic Jefferson Highway. Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at https://www.jeffersonhighway.org/ Featured Destinations include Winnipeg and Manitoba Canada; Fort Snelling in Minnesota; Mason City in Iowa; Joplin in Missouri; Pittsburg & Crawford County in Kansas; Tulsa in Oklahoma; Denison in Texas; and Bunkie in Louisiana. Featured music is "Chicken & Waffles" by Johnny Mastro & The Mama's Boys, "Texas Blue Moon" by Shelley King. Plus, hear some Louisiana Hollywood History on the Jefferson Highway by Steve Schneickert. Listen to Part One Here: https://bigblendradio.podbean.com/e/jefferson-highway-2023/ Map image courtesy of Mike Conlin.

Dred Scott was a Black man enslaved in the 1800s who sued his slave owners to gain his freedom. His famous case for freedom was rejected by the Supreme Court back in 1857. Scott died in Missouri 150 years ago this month. The Minnesota connection? He lived for a time at Fort Snelling. For more, we're joined by Bill Convery, PhD, Director of Research at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Service Members with the 88th Readiness Division honored the fallen Service Members and first responders in relation to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, with a 5K run at Fort Snelling, Minn., September 9, 2022. Volunteers with the Armed Forces Service Center also came out to provide free breakfast and snacks to the participants following the run.

This is Minnesota Native News. I'm Marie Rock.A walk to justice. The American Indian Movement is leading a group from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness for Leonard Peltier, one of the nation's longest held political prisoners.Feven Gerezgiher reports.1,100 miles. 11 weeks. Eight states. That's how long advocates plan to walk in prayer for elder Leonard Peltier's release from prison.There were dreams that were coming to us….Rachel Thunder led a rally kicking off the spiritual walk last week with the American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council.I would be in Leonard's prison cell with him. And he'd be sitting there in bed with his face in his hands and he wouldn't say anything. But in each of these dreams, I would say, your people are coming to get you. AIM is coming to get you. [20s]  (Your people haven't forgotten about you. Don't worry, we're coming.Peltier, now 77 years old, has spent 46 years in prison.Since 1977, he has been incarcerated for his alleged role in the killing of two FBI agents during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Activists, human rights organizations, as well as U.S. lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to grant Peltier clemency on the basis of his failing health… and issues with Peltier's trial which was riddled with misconduct including tampered evidence and witness intimidation.Frankie Orona is of Chumash and Tongva heritage and is executive director of AIM in Central Texas. He was one of many in attendance at the sunrise ceremony the day after the rally.We came all the way from Texas. Some came from Southern California, you know, Canada, Arizona, from all many different states and farther distances than that even….I think we're in a crucial point where our voices are being heard, our youth are standing up, and our elders are supporting the younger generations. And there was many that did not know of Leonard and the situation before as much as there is now. Nick Estes, a University of Minnesota professor from the Lower Brule Sioux tribe, said Peltier's incarceration resonates differently as a boarding school survivor.In some ways, Leonard Peltier has never left the prison, he was taken as a young child, you know, stripped from his family and his community, stripped of his language, his culture. And that's why he joined the American Indian Movement. That's why he fought for rights. That's why he fought for dignity. And now he's back in jail.…(So this isn't just about a political prisoner. It's about the whole history and for this country to actually confront its past because we're trying to move forward and they want to live in the past. They want to hold an elder hostage.)Nick didn't learn about Leonard Peltier until college, later joining the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. He noted that an Indigenous man, Joseph Stuntz, was killed during the 1975 shootout between AIM and the FBI, yet Stuntz's death was never investigated.With growing awareness of historic harms…and more Native people in office.. Nick hopes there is more support for change.There's a lot of young people like myself, who are very interested in this case, because we see it as a continuation not only of centuries of colonization, but also what they did to water protectors at Standing Rock and at Line Three. In this state, there are many Leonard Peltiers. And you know, and this, this city, Minneapolis was founded on creating Leonard Peltiers. Fort Snelling was a concentration camp where my Dakota ancestors were imprisoned because they did the exact same thing Leonard Peltier did, which is defend land, territory, life and dignity. And in this country, the continued incarceration of Leonard Peltier is the continued incarceration and stamping down of indigenous life and dignity.The AIM-led group is expected to arrive in D.C. on November 14th. Find updates and more information on their Facebook page “Leonard Peltier's Walk to Justice.”For Minnesota Native News, I'm Feven Gerezgiher.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Fort Snelling is Minnesota's first national Historic Landmark. It's reopening to the public this Memorial Day weekend after more than two years of rehabilitation. And among the changes is a new interpretive plan that doesn't shy away from unfortunate chapters in the fort's past as it relates to the native population, Japanese Americans and others. Here to discuss the improvements and what you can see during a visit is Dr. William Convery, director of research at the Minnesota Historical Society. ~~~ Farmers in the Midwest are gearing up for a fight over pipelines cutting through their land.Three companies are proposing to use pipelines to move carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants. It recalls the experience farmers had with the Dakota Access Pipeline as Harvest Public Media's Katie Peikes (PIKE-iss) reports. ~~~ A large community-engaged mural is slated to be installed at the end of the summer in Bismarck thanks to the efforts of the Northern Plains National Heritage Area. The first step in the project is an open call to the public. Alicia Hegland Thorpe visits with community muralist Greta Mclain from GoodSpace Murals to learn more.

In the great march for civil rights and social justice, few stories of enslaved people are as compelling as the story of Dred and Harriet Scott and their family.  They ultimately gained freedom, but not through the courts as they intended.  Just press play to hear the whole story. ------  Click on search links to see if there are episodes with related content: Cicely Hunter, Black History, Civil Rights, Legal Matters, People of Note, ------  Podcast Transcript: I'm Cicely Hunter, Public Historian from the Missouri Historical Society, and here's history, on eighty-eight-one, KDHX. ——— The story of Dred and Harriet Scott is one that students often hear about in schools across the country. The Scotts' infamous court case demonstrated how African Americans fought for their freedom through the legal system. Though their story is one of the most well-known, there were hundreds of cases like theirs in St. Louis between 1814 and 1860. Over the course of 11 years, their case, which began in the St. Louis Circuit Court would reach the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court, with a disheartening decision that found Dred, Harriet, and their two children, Eliza and Lizzie Scott, as enslaved people. ——— Dred Scott was born in Virginia around 1800 and was enslaved by the Blow family. After he was sold to Dr. John Emerson, a surgeon of the US Army, Dred traveled with him to Fort Armstrong, near Rock Island, Illinois. By 1836, Dr. Emerson relocated to Fort Snelling, located in the free territory of Wisconsin, and where Dred met and married Harriet. ——— The Scotts sued Dr. Emerson's widow in 1846 for their freedom. In the final Supreme Court decision in 1857, Chief Justice Roger Taney stated African Americans “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect,” because they were not considered citizens and could not pursue legal action in federal court. ——— Though the Scotts did not win their freedom as they had hoped in 1857, Mrs. Emerson soon remarried a U.S. Congressman and abolitionist, who quickly transferred ownership of the Scotts to Taylor Blow, the son of Peter Blow, so they could be emancipated. ——— Here's history is a joint production of the Missouri Historical Society and KDHX. I'm Cicely Hunter and this is eighty-eight-one, KDHX, St. Louis. ———    

Flags are a big deal in Minnesota. Civil War flags line the rotunda of the State Capitol. A Confederate flag captured at Gettysburg is among the state's most prized historical artifacts. But the official state flag, critics say, is a racist relic best left in the past. Efforts to change the design have made some progress at the Capitol this legislative session — but face stiff headwinds from supporters of the existing flag who say it's an important part of Minnesota's history. Based on state seal From a distance, the design of the Minnesota state flag isn't particularly memorable. Dating back to the 19th century, the iconography is all but indiscernible atop a typical flag pole. Tim Nelson | MPR News This engraved Minnesota state seal, long used in a press for official documents in the Secretary of State's office, may be one of the oldest examples of the the state's official symbol, showing a European settler and a Native American in what has become a controversial depiction of state history. The central feature of the flag is the state seal. And there actually is such a thing. Tim Nelson | MPR News This massive steel press — with a broken handle — was once used to emboss Minnesota's state seal on official documents. The device's lever handle has a broken pivot and has not functioned for years. It's a 2-inch engraved medallion, mounted on a massive steel hand press in the Secretary of State's office — although the handle is broken, so it doesn't really work anymore. A digitized version is its modern stand in. But in whatever form, the seal retains some details that critics find increasingly troubling, including the depiction of a Native American on horseback — maybe being driven away, maybe escaping. But usually interpreted as leaving behind a settler at his plow, beside the Mississippi River, a rifle leaning nearby. "It is very consciously part of the design of the seal to depict the displacement of Native Americans, and I don't think it has any place on our state flag," said DFL state Rep. Mike Freiberg of Golden Valley, author of a bill to redesign both the state flag and the state seal the flag is based on. ‘Not a stretch to call it genocidal' A poem purportedly penned by Mary Eastman, spouse of the Fort Snelling soldier who designed the seal, offers the decidedly retrograde interpretation of the original image, urging the "red man" to flee all the way to the Pacific coast, leaving white settlers to claim the state's wealth. Military and civilian officials eventually did force hundreds of Native Americans out of the state, in 1863 — killing untold numbers along the way. Freiberg says that poem lends clear meaning to the seal. "It's not only racist. I don't think it's a stretch to call it genocidal," he said. Tim Nelson | MPR News This is a modern version of Minnesota's state seal, on display at the public counter in the Minnesota Secretary of State's office in St. Paul. His measure would create a state commission to weigh proposals and make recommendations for a change to the seal and flag by next January. The bill has already had a hearing and is being incorporated into one of the big House bills the legislature will be negotiating in end-of-session conference committees. DFL Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn of Roseville, herself of Native heritage, says the time has come for a change. She has already opted out of the state seal lapel pin legislators often wear to note their office at the Capitol. And she says digital technology means longstanding barriers to change, like printing and stocks of official letterhead, are easier to overcome. "I think people have become more comfortable with the idea that change is okay, especially when we might end up with a better product for everybody," she said. Andrew Krueger | MPR News The Minnesota state flag flies in the wind on April 21 on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul. She also said a good flag, simple and recognizable — like the flags of Arizona and New Mexico — could actually become a familiar logo and statement about the state, even to non-Minnesotans. Some have pushed the state to adopt the so-called "North Star Flag" — a text-less design with a gold star on a field of blue, white and green. North Star flag ‘It's still our flag' But the idea of making any changes to the flag is at a dead stop in the GOP-controlled Senate, where it won't get a hearing this year. State government committee chair Mary Kiffmeyer — a former secretary of state who was once the custodian of the official seal — says that with the state just emerging from a historic pandemic, and a $9 billion budget surplus before lawmakers, the state flag is a low priority. Kiffmeyer also says history didn't stop in 1863: in the Civil War and ever since, thousands of Minnesotans have served under the existing flag, many of them wounded or killed in battle. "This is our flag. Love it or hate it or whatever you want to think about that, it still is our flag," she said. Andrew Krueger | MPR News The Minnesota state flag flies in the wind on April 21 on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul, with the Capitol dome in the distance. And she says she's reluctant to involve the legislature in historic reinterpretation. "If we redesign this, then what next? Where would this stop? 10 years from now? 20 years from now, when somebody else doesn't like that one?" she said. But supporters, like Sen. Mary Kunesh, a DFLer and the first Native American woman to serve in the state Senate, says it's simply about correcting the symbolic record — that Indigenous Minnesotans did not, in fact, ride away into the sunset. "Look at how our Native folks have persevered and stayed connected with the culture and the religion and the language, and the land appreciation," she said. "We have been here, we are here, and we're still contributing to the health and wealth of Minnesota." Pass the Mic What should we cover next?

Welcome to March 1st, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a city build by sinners and saints and good old monkey butter.  “Pig's Eye” Parrant arrived in Minnesota in the 1830s, selling whiskey to settlers and soldiers at Fort Snelling. This man with a “dubious reputation" set up shop nearby at Fountain Cave, using the spring water for distilling alcohol. After Pig Eye built a saloon to peddle his wares, people began coming to the area and soon it grew into a proper town. For years, this place was referred to as Pig's Eye. That is until the Catholic Church moved in and built a house of worship. The new pastor wasn't thrilled with a town named after such a scoundrel and proposed that it be renamed after St. Paul. On National Minnesota Day, we celebrate the North Star State and its capital city, founded by Pig Eye and named after a Saint.  Many of the folks who fought during World War II have passed away, but the great war passed on some unexpected food staples that live on to this day. While food items such as hamburgers, cream and butter were in short supply during the war, one item was never rationed: good old peanut butter. Known by soldiers as monkey butter this wasn't the smooth, creamy type that some of us prefer. To sweeten their sandwiches and keep them from sticking to the roof of their mouths, soldiers added jam. The PB and J became popular with the kids back home, and peace time brought up a new generation of monkey butter fans. On National Peanut Butter Lover's Day celebrate this lunchtime staple with a tall glass of milk. I'm Anna Devere and I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

         Its my pleasure to introduce Jai Hanson, he is running for Sherriff in Hennepin county MN.  This interview of Jai is Honest, forthright and a strait to candor way of thinking !! below is from his website https://www.jai4sheriff.com/ give him a listen because we have asked some tough questions in this one.People ask me frequently how is the Sheriff's office different from my local police department.  Traditionally the Sheriff's office has been responsible for security at the Courts, Jails and responding to any water related incidents.  In addition the Sheriff's office provides patrol services for Greenfield, Hanover Medicine Lake, Rockford, Hennepin County Home School, county jail, Fort Snelling, 133rd Minnesota Air National Guard, 934th U.S. Air Force Air Wing, and U.S. Marine Corp/Navy Reserves. Although these have been the traditional tasks, per state statute the sheriff is the highest law enforcement officer in the county in which they serve and are responsible for the safety and security of the entire county.  In other words when any city abdicates their responsibility to keep their citizens safe, then the Sheriff has every right to move in and provide the law enforcement services those citizens deserve.  In addition as these criminals move across city lines throughout the County the sheriff's office is more nimble and flexible to follow them and arrest them.ProTec Security ProTec SecurityGene German Certified Firearms Instructor - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida

The Senator lost her father earlier this year. He and Susie Jones' father both served in Korea, and are buried at Fort Snelling. The two of them shared stories today about Veteran's Day, and what's in the Infrastructure bill for Minnesota.

St. Paul: "An Urban Biography" by Bill Lindeke Author Bill Lindeke will share stories and research from his new book, St. Paul: An Urban Biography, a concise history of St. Paul, featuring stories that are familiar, surprising, and sure to change the way you see Minnesota's capital city. How did the city of St. Paul come to be where and what it is, and what does that show us about the city today? Bill Lindeke provides intriguing insights and helpful answers. He tells the stories of the Dakota village forced to move across the Mississippi by a treaty—and why whiskey sellers took over the site; the new community's close ties to Fort Snelling and Winnipeg; the steamboats and railroads that created a booming city; the German immigrants who outnumbered the Irish but kept a low profile when the United States went to war; the laborers who built the domes over the state capitol and the Cathedral of St. Paul; the gangsters and bootleggers who found refuge in the city; the strong neighborhoods, shaped by streets built on footpaths and wagon roads—until freeway construction changed so much; and the Hmong, Mexican, East African, and Karen immigrants who continue to build the city's strong traditions of small businesses. This thoughtful investigation of place helps readers to understand the city's hidden stories, surrounding its residents in plain sight. Bill Lindeke is an urban geographer and writer who focuses on how our environments shape our lives. He wrote MinnPost's “Cityscapes” column from 2014 to 2017, has written articles on local food and drink history for City Pages and the Growler, and has taught urban geography at the University of Minnesota and Metro State University. He writes a local urban blog at Twin City Sidewalks and is a member of the Saint Paul Planning Commission. He is the author of Minneapolis–Saint Paul: Then and Now and the coauthor of Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities. To purchase titles from the History Revealed series, or other books of interest, see our partner, Subtext Books at https://subtextbooks.com/ To view the video: https://youtu.be/z2DiKCvLWfQ

In this episode, The Dred Scott Decision, We need to band together BlanchardNetwork.com  What's Going On with Kenn, https://gofund.me/a098f55b    Before the Civil War ended, State "Slave Codes" prohibited slaves from owning guns. After President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and after the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery was adopted and the Civil War ended in 1865, States persisted in prohibiting blacks, now freemen, from owning guns under laws renamed "Black Codes." They did so on the basis that blacks were not citizens, and thus did not have the same rights, including the right to keep and bear arms protected in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as whites. This view was specifically articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in its infamous 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford to uphold slavery.    Dred Scott, a slave born in Virginia, was purchased by John Emerson in Missouri in 1820. Emerson then traveled with Scott to Fort Armstrong, Illinois and from there to Fort Snelling, Wisconsin. Both Illinois and Wisconsin prohibited slavery. Scott and his wife stayed in Wisconsin when Emerson returned to Missouri. Since Emerson leased their services to other white people in Wisconsin, he violated the Missouri Compromise as well as other laws against slavery in that region.  When Emerson moved to Louisiana, Scott and his wife joined them. Their daughter was born in a steamboat on the Mississippi River, which technically made her a free person because she was born in free territory. Emerson soon returned to Wisconsin, but his wife took Scott and his wife back to Missouri when Scott served in the Seminole War. Emerson ultimately died in Iowa, and his widow inherited Scott, whose services she continued to lease to others. Emerson's widow rejected an attempt by Scott to buy his family's freedom, which led to legal action. Scott argued that his wife and he were legally emancipated because of their residence in free territories. Missouri courts had ruled in favor of similarly positioned slaves, but his case was initially dismissed on a minor procedural ground. Eventually, the jury did rule in his favor, but Emerson's widow appealed. She had moved to Massachusetts by then and given Scott to her brother, John F.A. Sandford. Upon appeal, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed earlier decisions in this area and ruled that Scott was not required to be emancipated because he had failed to sue for his freedom when he was living in a free state. When Sandford moved to New York, Scott resumed his legal action there in federal court, since diversity jurisdiction applied.  On March 6, 1857, in the case of Dred Scott v. John Sanford, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney ruled that African Americans were not and could not be citizens. Taney wrote that the Founders' words in the Declaration of Independence, “all men were created equal,” were never intended to apply to blacks. Blacks could not vote, travel, or even fall in love and marry of their own free will — rights granted, according to the Declaration, by God to all. It was the culmination of ten years of court battles — Dred Scott's fight to live and be recognized as a free man. The High Court's decision went even further, declaring laws that restricted slavery in new states or sought to keep a balance between free and slave states, such as the Missouri Compromise, were unconstitutional. In essence, Black Americans, regardless of where they lived, were believed to be nothing more than commodities. The Taney court was dominated by pro-slavery judges from the South. Of the nine, seven judges had been appointed by pro-slavery Presidents — five, in fact, came from slave-holding families. The decision was viewed by many as a victory for the Southern “Slavocracy,” and a symbol of the power the South had over the highest court. The dramatic ripple effect of Dred Scott — a ruling historians widely agree was one of the worst racially-based decisions ever handed down by the United States Supreme Court — reached across the states and territories. It sent shivers through the North and the free African-American community. Technically, no black was free of re-enslavement.   Justice delayed is justice denied" is a legal maxim. It means that if legal redress or equitable relief to an injured party is available, but is not forthcoming in a timely fashion, it is effectively the same as having no remedy at all.   Woodie Guthrie - Nobody living can ever stop me,  As I go walking that freedom highway;  Nobody living can ever make me turn back  This land was made for you and me.   Check out  https://www.blanchardnetwork.com/show/guns-cornbread    GoFundme - https://gofund.me/a098f55b    Patreon.com/blackmanwithagun 

Senator Amy Klobuchar joins Blois Olson after spending this Memorial Day morning at Fort Snelling, paying tribute to our fallen heroes. She fills us in on some of the stuff she's working on in D.C. Specifically Minnesota issues such as infrastructure and reopening the Canadian border. She also discusses her disappointment with the January 6th commission, working with Vice President Harris and more with Blois.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Moment, May 19, 2021 Show 1052. Where is that bear (or bears)? Mike Klosowski, Regional Wildlife Supervisor with South Dakota Game Fish & Parks, shares the latest on the bear that ignited social media in the Black Hills. Dr. Andrew Ellsworth previews On Call with the Prairie Doc ® where this week's episode is "Oh, My Aching Back." Dakota Political Junkies : Jon Hunter takes a look at the SDSU poll that shows US Representative Dusty Johnson as the most popular elected official in South Dakota. High school senior Laney Mackaben from Belle Fourche High, in her own words, talks about her final year in high school and how the coronavirus affected it. We continue our SDPB May Spotlight coverage as we welcome filmmaker Zeke Hanson. His documentary, "The Missing and Murdered" explores the aftermath of the 1862 Dakota Uprising. We talk about the concentration camp at Fort Snelling, the long, desperate journey to Crow Creek, Dakota Territory, and the ride to commemorate the events and

Zebulon Pike. Lawrence Taliaferro. Henry Hastings Sibley. Big names come into play, this week on the podcast. Land cessions from indigenous people, fraud by ambitious profiteers, and drunken "dregs" at Fort Snelling dot the landscape of this era in Minnesota history. Sam Temple and Logan Ledman discuss and explain Chapter Four of North Country, by Mary Lethert Wingerd. Subscribe for more on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCe3G-VvizZaU0FkbEuDww_g Follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/1855Faribault/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

February 7, 2021. As we gather again for worship in our homes, Pastor Meagan reminds us how Jesus his took his ministry out of the synagogue and into homes. Readings: Isaiah 40:21-31, Mark 1:29-39 *** Transcript *** Last week the Gospel of Mark told us how Jesus got started in his ministry — the calling of the disciples, the proclamation that the realm of God is here, the amazement of the people at the authority Jesus carried in his teaching and the casting out of the unclean spirit. Jesus spent time in the synagogue and embodied, in what he said and did, the good news of God’s love, and claimed in his actions the authority of God, over and above the authority even of the temple. This week Jesus does something really awesome: he leaves the synagogue. And this feels significant, in this time when it has been almost a year since we have worshipped together in our sanctuary. I personally have worshipped from my guest room, my living room, my backyard, my parents’ back yard, my parents' living room. It's been almost a year of worshipping from homes, vacation places, and even once I think from a boogie board! As many times as I have heard this passage, the detail of Jesus leaving the synagogue and taking his ministry to Simon’s mother-in-law’s house has mostly escaped me. But this year, it seems like just about the most profound thing Jesus could have done as he began his ministry. A few years back, a Lakota elder shared with a group of United Theological seminarians that Lakota tradition teaches that our stories are rooted in place, not time. And according to that tradition, the valley below Fort Snelling, just blocks from Karen’s and my home in the Twin Cities, is the birthplace of creation — a sort of Garden of Eden. It is also the literal birthplace of many Lakota people whose mothers traveled days and weeks to get to that place so their children could be born there. No matter how much time passes, their stories and the story of creation itself are alive there in that sacred place. And in this experience of exile we have realized, if we didn’t before, the sacredness of our temple, our sanctuary where I now stand. So many of you have told me how much it means just to see our altar in my Zoom screen on Sunday mornings. We are all longing for the time when we can return to gathering in person here, hearing the organ live rather than via video, drinking coffee and eating meals together in our Fellowship Hall. If we didn’t know it before, we certainly know it now: our sanctuary is sacred space. And this week, Jesus leaves the sacred space of the synagogue. And the first place he goes, just as we did when we left our building behind, is home. Not his home, of course, but a home — the home of Simon’s mother-in-law. And Jesus’ ministry does not pause or end when he leaves the synagogue, but expands, as he continues to preach and heal and the word spreads of what he is doing. In a very real way, Jesus demonstrates for us that it is not just the synagogue that is sacred space. We who have celebrated communion in our homes, heard the word in our homes, blessed and celebrated community and even our furry family members in our homes, grieved the death of beloveds in our homes, know this. Home is sacred space, too. And still, before the end of that first chapter of Mark, Jesus moves again. After what must have been an exhausting day, as the people of town filled the small home seeking wisdom and healing, Jesus goes to find a deserted place where he could be by himself and pray. Even Jesus believed, as Isaiah so eloquently says, that “those who wait for the Lord will renew their strength.” I am probably not the only one feeling especially worn out these days. I am sure many of you are also done with COVID, ready to celebrate with abandon in this time when we're still called to care for one another with caution. In these days when we are often just one step ahead of weariness and exhaustion, how comforting it is to know that we are not alone — even Jesus needed God to renew his strength. When the disciples find Jesus, he doesn’t return to Simon’s mother-in-law’s house or to the synagogue, but moves onward once again. Sacred space, as Jesus shows us, is bigger than the temple, bigger than Simon’s mother-in-law’s house, bigger than the town, and Jesus’ ministry expands to neighboring towns. That too is sacred space. In fact, Isaiah tells us, there is no place that God isn’t. The God who created all things is present in all, to the very ends of the earth. One of the most sacred places I have ever had the privilege of being was the two-room home of a family in Tanzania, where we sat on bales of hay to eat homemade cakes and drink tea sweetened with rare and precious sugar, served by the mother of five whose face glowed with pride at having something to offer us. All places are sacred. Mark tells us that one of the things that happens in sacred places is healing. It's worth taking a moment to think about this, as Miss Kate talked about. We are painfully aware with over 400,000 having died from a pandemic that doesn’t seem to be done with us yet, although we are certainly done with it, and with the losses we have experienced in our own congregation and our own lives, that healing as we would wish for it doesn’t always happen. We know from our own experiences that sometimes mental and physical disease persist despite our best efforts. And that can leave us wondering where our healing, our miracle, our resurrection is. Mark starts his gospel by proclaiming the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. But sometimes, when brokenness seems to overwhelm, it can be hard to trust and believe that the good news of Jesus’ presence and healing is still happening today. We are part of this dynamic, transformative, and yes healing Spirit that is always moving and breathing around us. Do we believe that? Do we believe the sequel can happen? What does healing even mean? A colleague who lives with disabilities suggested that healing is not so much a restoration to wholeness physically, as if the person healed was not a complete or full human before, but a restoration to community, dignity, and agency. In the midst of the stories of healing in our gospels, Jesus so often not only offers physical healing, but raises people up, brings them back into community, names their humanity and their dignity. In today’s story, Simon’s mother-in-law is initially received as one who simply needs care, as an elderly widow who is in fact ill. Jesus goes to her, and yes he removes her fever, but the true transformation is a restoration to dignity and place in community that allows her to serve — to minister, as Jesus and the disciples did — as well as be served. The question of who receives healing, why and when, is one that we human beings have been wrestling with since the beginning of time, and we still wonder and ask and lament when healing doesn’t come as we hope. And yet, as Miss Kate suggested, the promise of God stands. In Christ, we know that even in the face of illness and suffering and death, God is present with us. In Christ, we are seen and known, our dignity as a child of God is assured, our lament is heard by a God who has experienced suffering and death for themselves. The ministry of Jesus expands again, and again, and again, all the way to the cross. And because of that we can trust that even our places of brokenness, loss, and death are sacred. All places, all time, all lives are sacred. And today, as we gather and worship together on our Zoom screens, we know that more than ever. Christ is present in the sacred space of our homes, bringing the good news of God’s love, restoring us to our community in sometimes surprising ways, lifting us up and renewing our strength when we are exhausted, naming us and calling us beloved, and sending us outward to discover and proclaim the sacredness of God’s presence in the places — and the people — around us. And when we come back to our sanctuary, and we will return, we will do so with great joy and celebration, knowing that that is only the beginning. Thanks be to God. *** Keywords *** 2021, Christ Lutheran Church, Webster Groves, sermon, podcast, transcript, Pastor Meagan McLaughlin, Isaiah 40:21-31, Mark 1:29-39, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Fort Snelling State Park was established in 1961. This park has a lot of history represented, and is located in the Twin Cities. Enjoy that juxtaposition of nature and urban environments by reading a book set in a big city. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE! Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Fort Snelling State Park was established in 1961. This park has a lot of history represented, and is located in the Twin Cities. Enjoy that juxtaposition of nature and urban environments by reading a book set in a big city. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE! Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

www.commsolutionsmn.com- Whelp... the St Paul City Council has unanimously decided to form a Slavery Reparations Commission. They feel that St Paul taxpayers owe something to African Americans because there were slaves held at Fort Snelling (which was federal land), even though no slaves were ever held in St Paul. They also want to give tax money to residents that used to live in the Rondo neighborhood when I-94 came through and changed the neighborhood. It has nothing to do with slavery at all, yet people that have never owned slaves are expected to pay people that never were slaves. This approach sells minorities short. There are so many smart and talented people that are told that they can't achieve in America, and it's just wrong. Yet, the same party continues to offer the same hopelessness as they offer a pittance in exchange for their votes. They deserve so much more success than this. There are so many cities that are doing the same exact thing as St.Paul: Chicago, Evanston, Detroit, Asheville, Wilmington, Burlington, and many, many more. What does it mean when multiple cities are doing the same thing? Usually, it means that some group is behind it. When you can't get something passed at the federal level, you go after the city councils across the nation. Enter the U.S. conference of mayors. They had a conference last year that produced a resolution to promote the passage of ordinances that establish the awarding of reparations to black Americans across the nation. This is not an organic movement, and if you don't stand up now, this will be the law of the land in most places. The vaccine is here! And Governor Walz has messed up the distribution. Surprise, surprise, surprise... Also, This Day In History is back, as Andrew reminds everyone how terrible Jason is with historical dates. Have you checked out our Spotify playlist? At the beginning of each episode, Jason quotes some song lyrics that have to do with the subject matter of the podcast. Andrew never knows what they are, but now he can… and so can you! We’ve launched the Spotify playlist: “Community Solutions Music From the Podcast!” You can listen to Roundabout from Yes after listing to Episode 30 on Roundabouts… or kick back and enjoy a rocking playlist just for the thrill of it. We add a new song every week. Subscribe and enjoy! Don’t forget that you can also subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify!

Pramila Vasudevan is a cultural worker, choreographer and trans disciplinary artist. She is the founding Artistic Director of Aniccha Arts (since 2004), an experimental arts collaborative producing site-specific performances that examine agency, voice, and group dynamics within community histories, institutions, and systems. This is her fifth year as director of Naked Stages at Pillsbury House Theatre, a 7 month program for early career performance artists. The pandemic has had devastating consequences for artist communities and she is currently researching what it means to build self sustaining artist ecologies that are not dependent on traditional funding models.Pramila is on a personal journey to examine her caste privilege in her body, artistic, spiritual and daily life, as she searches for paths to be in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. She was born in the US, lived in India and has been studying, living, and working on stolen Dakota land for about 25 years. During the pandemic Pramila and her family have been taking walks to the Bdote - a place of genesis, regeneration and beauty, close to Fort Snelling which is a site of genocide of the Dakota people. She is committed to continue learning about the history of her Tamil ancestry as well as where she lives and works and further building relationships with members of indigenous communities here and learning about her neighborhood and this land. 

This week we talk with the Mayo Clinic about care for our Veterans, get an update from Fort Snelling National Cemetery and check in with the Minnesota Patriot Guard. Guests include: Dr. Pierre Noel – Mayo Clinic Maria Baer – … Continue reading → The post Mayo Clinic and Fort Snelling National Cemetery appeared first on Minnesota Military Radio.

July 12, 2020. In the sermon today, we remember those who have recently passed away — and how they, like the sower in Jesus' parable, sowed the seeds of faith in this community.Readings: Romans 8:1-11, Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23*** Transcript ***Many years ago, I was on the phone with the Office Manager from my childhood church, when I heard the extension in my parents’ house pick up. After listening for just a few seconds, my brother exclaimed, “Joanne O’Neill!” It had only taken a couple of words from my conversation partner for him to recognize her voice, though it had been several years since they had spoken. My brother, back in his church grade school days, had been quite a troublemaker, and for whatever reason the kids who fell into that category often ended up spending a lot of time with the feisty, energetic, short, white-haired administrator. And she didn’t mind it one bit. She made quite an impression on my brother and his friends, and they on her.Some of the teachers, I know, felt like it was pretty hopeless, not worth the effort on a group of kids that seemed intent on just stirring up chaos, having a good laugh, showing no interest in their grade school days — in anything that the teachers might have to teach them. Joanne O’Neill saw it differently. Perhaps she saw something of herself in their rambunctious rebelliousness. Joanne took the time to sow seed into these unlikely fields, planting seeds of hope and watering them faithfully. She made sure that they knew that she, at least, delighted in them.And I remember Gail Merrill, our neighbor from across the street, showing that same delight in me, an eccentric kid, who always did everything “right” (or at least I tried!), but always seemed to fall a bit outside that circle that defined the “in-crowd.” In the world of “Cheers,” a little more like pedantic Cliff, than I was like cool Sam.Coming alongside our parents, who loved and nurtured and cared for us, Gail and Joanne, and many others over the years, sowed seed and tended soil, creating a space for my brothers and me to grow and become the people God created us to be. And we all need that, don’t we? Soil in which we can set down roots. Seeds planted in us, that can bear fruit.Vic, and Gloria, and Gwen, all of whom were laid to rest this week, sowed so much seed into this life. Love for family, sharp wit, passion for traveling, heart for teaching wisdom and knowledge, and a commitment for sharing God’s abundance with everyone. They all embodied the joy of their faith. They were all, in their unique ways, sowers of faith in their families, their communities, and their worlds. Vic, Gloria, and Gwen all sowed seed into this community of faith, and Luther Memorial before it, helping to form and nurture a place where we who are gathered today, and all those who will come, can grow.A Twin Cities Lakota elder, Jim Bear Jacobs, shared with a group of United Theological seminarians that Lakota tradition tells us that our stories are rooted in place, and not in time. As I shared last evening, according to that tradition the valley below Fort Snelling, on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Paul, is the birthplace of creation, a sort of Garden of Eden. It is also the birthplace of many Lakota people whose mothers travelled days and weeks to get to that place so their children could be born there. You can feel it, when you walk there — no matter how much time passes, their stories and the story of creation itself are alive there in that sacred place.And in this sacred place, in the gathered community of the Christ Lutheran family, for over a century, we have heard the Word of God, and broken bread, and shared the Eucharist together. Through the Eucharist, the body and blood of Jesus, we live in Jesus, and Jesus lives in us, and because of that, we all live forever. This is a sacred place. The stories of Vic, Gloria, and Gwen are rooted in this place now. No matter how much time passes, their stories are alive here, along with the stories of all who have been here, all who are here now, and all of those yet to come.We are human, as Paul reminds us so pointedly, and it's easy for us to get caught up in what Paul refers to as the “flesh” — to be distracted and focused on what is best for us at the expense of our neighbors, security that comes from our own efforts, messages that tell us that God’s abundance is not enough for everyone, the voice inside us that says maybe we aren’t worthy of love after all — the sinfulness of disconnection, and judgement, and fear that cuts us off from the life-giving soil of God’s creation, God’s Spirit.We enter into sacred places, those places where we are tended and fed, and we in our turn feed and tend to the unique lives around us, and we're connected to the Spirit that gives us life. And then, like the sower in Jesus’ parable today, we sow more seed. We will not do it alone, and we will make mistakes, because we're human, and it’s not about being perfect, after all. It’s about creating places where stories can be shared, and songs can be sung, and the will of God can be revealed, where God's spirit can give life. Sacred places, that honor and give birth to life.Some years later, when Joanne passed away, I remember calling my brother and saying to him, “All of the adults are dying! Who is going to be the grown up now?” And then realizing, that was us! And it is on us, as it has always been, to continue to tend the fields. And sow more seed. Tend, sow, rest, repeat.We don’t need to worry about whether the soil is right, or what will happen after the seed is sown. Because what happens to that seed isn't up to us. It's up to God. We may sow, but God is constantly tending, tilling, and preparing all of creation — including each one of us — to receive the promise, and let it flourish. We never know where the seed we sow might grow.Archbishop Oscar Romero offers us a reflection to sow on:"It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view.The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision.We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us.No statement says all that could be said.No prayer fully expresses our faith.No confession brings perfection.No pastoral visit brings wholeness.No program accomplishes the Church's mission.No set of goals and objectives includes everything.This is what we are about.We plant the seeds that one day will grow.We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise.We lay foundations that will need future development.We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities.We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.That enables us to do something, and do it well.It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.We are prophets of a future not our own."Thanks be to God*** Keywords ***2020, Christ Lutheran Church, Webster Groves, sermon, podcast, transcript, Pastor Meagan McLaughlin, Romans 8:1-11, Matthew 13:1-9, Matthew 13:18-23, Vic Saeger, Gloria Richardson, Gwen Hickman

They talk specifically about the construction happening around the Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport. Some projects include rebuilding Highway 5 and ramp closures around Fort Snelling. Info on closures, detours and how to navigate during the construction can be found at www.aroundtheairport.com

In the 8th episode, Kali is here in person to have her regular misadventures with Kate, as we do some old favorites like 'Whats your Story?' and 'What keeps you warm?', as well as stories from ' On this day in Minnesota' . We learn about the old Excelsior Amusement Park and Fort Snelling, while Moose knocks over a lamp. So tune in, tuck in and stay warm out there ! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dontchaknow/support

04/29 The show starts out with former Mn Secretary of State and current Senator Mary Kiffmeyer on the controversial name change being proposed of Fort Snelling. Joe also brings up a 5 Eyewitness News piece on the lack of funding for some of the state's oldest dams and how that represents a lot of what is wrong with today's political class. We also celebrate the 29th birthday of Garage Logic.

04/26 Are we trying to sanitize Fort Snelling? Joe chats with James Pepe a GL'er running for President in the state of Texas. We also have our weekly chat with Patrick Reusse and he informs us of another revelation he has had.

My guests are Susi and Todd Adler, Fort Snelling historians who specialize in the history of the Upper Post during World War 1 and World War 2.  On this episode of Minnesota's Most Notorious,  they tell the story of the gruesome murder of fourteen year old Mary Jane Massey, who disappeared while walking home from the post's swimming pool on a hot summer day in 1940.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day 6: Explore more of Saint Paul We try to tour a state capitol whenever we visit a capital city. So, on Day 6 that’s what we did in Saint Paul, followed by historic Fort Snelling. We ended our dayRead more The post Podcast: Great River Road Day 6 appeared first on Midwest Wanderer.

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Kaz's family lived alongside all Italian Americans, even befriending members of the mafia. It wasn't until he went to basic training at Fort Snelling that he met other young Niseis from the West Coast and Hawaii who, as he puts it, "straightened him out real quick," teaching him what it meant to be a proud, Japanese American. And though over 70 years have past, Kaz’s wartime memories from the occupation in Tokyo distress him: He still deals with PTSD. But despite this, he continues to volunteer at the Veterans Affairs office in New York, giving visitors a rare and special opportunity to hear his incredible story. ⭐️Please rate and review the podcast - thank you!

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Should you be able to say and do whatever you want onlinet;) These quarters (now restored) at Fort Snelling in Minnesota are believed to have been occupied by Dred and Harriet Scott between roughly 1836–1840. (McGhiever/Wikimedia Commons) Special thanks to Kate Taney Billingsley, whose play, A Man of His Time, inspired the story. Additional music for this episode by Gyan Riley. Thanks to Soren Shade for production help. Leadership support for More Perfect is provided by The Joyce Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Charles Eva"https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/492">Brandenburg v. Ohio The key links: ProPublica's report on Facebook's censorship policies   Special thanks to Elaine Chen, Jennifer Keeney Sendrow, and the entire Greene Space team. Additional engineering for this episode by Chase Culpon, Louis Mitchell, and Alex Overington. Leadership support for More Perfect is provided by The Joyce Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation.  Watch the event below:

In this episode of More Perfect, two families grapple with one terrible Supreme Court decision. Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court history: in 1857, a slave named Dred Scott filed a suit for his freedom and lost. In his decision, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney wrote that black men “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.”  One civil war and more than a century later, the Taneys and the Scotts reunite at a Hilton in Missouri to figure out what reconciliation looks like in the 21st century. Photograph of Dred Scott, c. 1857 (Uncredited/Wikimedia Commons) Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney (Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division/Wikimedia Commons) Day 1 of the Dred Scott Sons and Daughters of Reconciliation conference at the Hilton Frontenac Hotel, December 2, 2016. Left to Right: Shannon LaNier (Thomas Jefferson descendant), Lynne Jackson (Dred Scott descendant), Bertram Hayes-Davis (Jefferson Davis descendant), Charlie Taney (Roger Brooke Taney descendant), Dred Scott Madison (Dred Scott descendant), Ashton LeBourgeois (Blow family descendant), John LeBourgeois (Blow family descendant), and Pastor Sylvester Turner. (C. Webster, Courtesy of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation/Black Tie Photos) The key voices: Lynne Jackson, great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, president and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation Dred Scott Madison, great-great-grandson of Dred Scott Barbara McGregory, great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott Charlie Taney, great-great-grandnephew of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision Richard Josey, Manager of Programs at the Minnesota Historical Society The key cases: 1857: Dred Scott v. Sandford The key links: The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation  Harriet Scott, wife of Dred Scott, 1857 (Noted from “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, June 27,1857.” Minnesota Historical Society/Wikimedia Commons) These quarters (now restored) at Fort Snelling in Minnesota are believed to have been occupied by Dred and Harriet Scott between roughly 1836–1840. (McGhiever/Wikimedia Commons) Special thanks to Kate Taney Billingsley, whose play, A Man of His Time, inspired the story. Additional music for this episode by Gyan Riley. Thanks to Soren Shade for production help. Leadership support for More Perfect is provided by The Joyce Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation. Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project in collaboration with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell.

The Euro-American phase of Minnesota history begins with Fort Snelling, starting in 1820. The fort's busiest period was 1861-1865 -- the Civil War and the Dakota Conflict. All of the soldiers headed south to fight for the Union, and west to fight the Dakota, passed through the fort. And over a thousand displaced Dakota were interned there too. Steve Osman's new book, Fort Snelling and the Civil War -- published by the Ramsey County Historical Society -- is full of stories you've never heard before. 

Naturalist Kao Thao discusses fen preservation and news about SLAPP lawsuits

Curator Matt Anderson shares the story behind a World War II-era folding reed organ used at the Fort Snelling post hospital. Organist Sally Reynolds performs the hymn “Rock of Ages” on the recently-conserved instrument.

Brian Szott, Curator of Art, looks at changing views of Fort Snelling seen through artwork and photography of the 19th and 20th Centuries. (6 min. 46 sec. / 17.5 MB) Additional images of Fort Snelling can be seen in the Visual Resources Database. More about Fort Snelling artist Seth Eastman can be found under History Topics, [...]

I've created ads for local businesses from coast to coast for nearly a quarter century and I've studied the population of every place for which I've written ads; more than 100 towns in all. And I've presented seminars in an additional 92. That's a lot of travel. And I've noticed that cities have personalities. Humor can be different, for one thing. The video clip that causes an explosion of laughter in one city may trigger only the slightest giggle in the next. And women wear their makeup differently. The appreciation of art will be narrow in one city and broad in another. And religion can run shallow or deep. The work ethic is different here than there, and risk orientation with it. If you will write ads for a local business, you must first feel the pulse of the place; measure its inhibitions and embrace the rules of its morality. America is young, barely 4 human life-spans. This is why you should always begin your uncovery by asking: 1. Why is this city here? 2. Who founded it? 3. What attracted its original population? As newcomers get involved in a community, they're affected by the town's local culture and begin subtly sliding toward the local norm. Outsiders thus become insiders. Learn the origins of a town and you'll have found a thread that will tie all your other observations together and make your ads much stronger. A town built on a discovery of gold or oil will often continue to have a “get-rich-quick” mentality to this day. Multilevel marketing will be strong there and con men will rock and roll because these cities are optimistic and have an uncanny ability to believe. Such towns are havens for entrepreneurs of every description. Silicon Valley (Sutter's Mill was there,) Denver, Tulsa… A town that originated as a military fort will usually have more grit and testosterone than neighboring cities. Compare Fort Worth to its neighbor, Dallas: Fort Worth began as a military post in 1849. Dallas began as a trading post in 1840. Today Fort Worth is known for its stockyards, aerospace, and Texas Motor Speedway. Dallas is known for Neiman-Marcus and Mary Kay. Likewise, St. Paul originated in 1819 as Fort Snelling and remains the seat of Minnesota government. Neighboring Minneapolis began as a trading post and remains a hub of commerce to this day. Ever heard of the Mall of America? An enthusiastic pair of New York real estate promoters founded Houston, Texas. The hyped-up boys assured investors it would become “a great center of government and commerce,” and then delivered what they promised. Happy Discovery, Militarism, and Energetic Commerce are just 3 of the 32 signals a city can send you to help you write more powerfully to its people. If you would be https://wizardacademy.org/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=99 (a journalist or a marketing professional), you must press your ear to the chest of your city, hear its heartbeat and smell its breath. Carl Sandburg did, 42 years before I was born: CHICAGO HOG Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping