Local Talk for Friday, January 6, 2023 started with a summary of the news for this week from the Ames Tribune by Dennis Hart.
As an ongoing story, a third installment includes an interview with Hok Wicasa from Spirit Lake (Devil’s Lake to European settlers), North Dakota. On the day after Christmas, December 26, 1862 38 Dakota Nation men were hanged at Mankato, Minnesota under the direction of President Abraham. The convictions and hangings of the Dakota 38 resulted from the aftermath of the US-Dakota War of 1862 in Southwest Minnesota. In addition to the 38 men hanged. There were terrible injustices committed against 265 others in the form of military convictions and more than 3,000 Dakota people who were held captive, then were forced to march west. Here’s a native man’s story about the big drum that accompanies the riders, and teachings about the Dakota culture.
Those that were hung: Tipi-hdo-niche, Forbids His Dwelling; Wyata-tonwan, His People; Taju-xa, Red Otter; Hinhan-shoon-koyag-mani, Walks Clothed in an Owl’s Tail; Maza-bomidu, Iron Blower; Wapa-duta, Scarlet Leaf; Wahena, translation unknown; Sna-mani, Tinkling Walker; Radapinyanke, Rattling Runner; Dowan niye, The Singer; Xunka ska, White Dog; Hepan, family name for a second son; Tunkan icha ta mani, Walks With His Grandfather; Ite duta, Scarlet Face; Amdacha, Broken to Pieces; Hepidan, family name for a third son; Marpiya te najin, Stands on a Cloud (Cut Nose); Henry Milord (French mixed-blood); Dan Little, Chaska dan, family name for a first son (this may be We-chank-wash-ta-don-pee, who had been pardoned and was mistakenly executed when he answered to a call for “Chaska,” reference to a first son (fabric artist Gwen Westerman did a quilt called “Caske’s Pardon” based on him); Baptiste Campbell, (French mixed-blood); Tate kage, Wind Maker; Hapinkpa, Tip of the Horn; Hypolite Auge (French mixed-blood); Nape shuha, Does Not Flee; Wakan tanka, Great Spirit; Tunkan koyag I najin, Stands Clothed with His Grandfather; Maka te najin, Stands Upon Earth; Pazi kuta mani, Walks Prepared to Shoot; Tate hdo dan, Wind Comes Back; Waxicun na, Little Whiteman (this young white man, adopted by the Dakota at an early age and who was acquitted, was hanged, according to the Minnesota Historical Society U.S.-Dakota War website); Aichaga, To Grow Upon; Ho tan inku, Voice Heard in Returning; Cetan hunka, The Parent Hawk; Had hin hda, To Make a Rattling Noise; Chanka hdo, Near the Woods; Oyate tonwan, The Coming People; Mehu we mea, He Comes for Me; Wakinyan na, Little Thunder; Wakanozanzan and Shakopee: These two chiefs who fled north after the war, were kidnapped from Canada in January 1864 and were tried and convicted in November that year and their executions were approved by President Andrew Johnson (after Lincoln’s assassination) and they were hanged November 11, 1865. Indian Country Today’s Vincent Schilling (Akwesasne Mohawk) on Twitter
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Susan Gwiasda, Personal Information Officer for the City of Ames and Assistant City Manager Deb Schildroth shared the Ames Human Relations Commissions plans for Martin Luther King Jr Day. Also, Deb will encourage Ames residents to consider applying to serve on a City Board or Commission. Applications are due on Friday, Feb. 3. Additional information @CityofAmes.org.
ISU Extension Story County, Katherine MacKenzie, Ag and Natural Recourses Outreach Coordinator discussed three items:
-Our new 4-H club Roots and Shoots, it’s a horticulturally based 4H club for 4th-12th graders
-Annie’s project coming up march-April (empowering women in ag)
-and just touching base on master of conservation. Additional information at Extension/Story@iastate.edu.
