Indigenous People in Minnesota
- Dakota WicohanHistory on the Dakota, who are the keepers of the eastern door to the greater D/L/Nakota Nation. The Dakota are comprised of four bands; Mdewakanton, Sissetonwan, Wahpetonwan, and Wahpekute.
- Bdote Memory MapA beginning resource for understanding more about the Dakota people's relationship to Minnesota.
- Newcomers: The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862Excellent maps and visualizations.
- Land & Lifeways: The US-Dakota War of 1862Includes primary and secondary sources about the Dakota Homeland, and links to other related projects. From the Minnesota Historical Society.
- Dakota Family History Research Guide (Minnesota Historical Society)Links to resources for doing genealogical and other historical research about the Dakota people from the 19th and 20th century. Some of these resources are online, others are on paper at the Historical Society.
- Native Americans (Fort Snelling, Minnesota Historical Society)Minnesota is centered within Dakota creation stories and is an important place in traditional Ojibwe history. Along with the Dakota and Ojibwe, the Ho-Chunk, Cheyenne, Oto, Iowa, and the Sac & Fox tribes also acknowledge Minnesota as important to their tribal histories.
- Dakota History in Minnesota [Religions in Minnesota project]This exhibit focuses on the history of the Wahpekute Nation of Dakota Indians in the region around Faribault.
- All Native American exhibits [Religions in Minnesota project]A group of exhibits about Native Americans in Minnesota.
Northfield and Carleton
- Recognizing the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples DayResolution 2018-098 passed by the Northfield, Minnesota City Council on October 2 2018. Also available online.
- Carleton's Land AcknowledgmentThe College's official Land Acknowledgment, and more information and resources about local Indigenous communities.
Cannon River History
- ArcGIS Online DataFrom within ArcGIS Online, when you add data to a map, you can search the entire ArcGIS repository of data uploaded by community users. Be sure to pay attention to authorship and read metadata because quality varies!
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Content is dedicated to an understanding of the complexity of state and federal laws that govern all aspects of water in society, from its municipal use to restoring its pristine condition. Collecting congressional documents, books, legislative histories on major legislation, and Supreme Court briefs on related cases, this collection touches on a wide range of water issues. Topics covered include irrigation, hydropower, water conservation, drinking water quality, and tribal water rights. - HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
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Traditional legal materials (reported cases, statutes, government regulations, academic law reviews, commercially produced law journals and magazines, and classic treatises), historical, governmental, and political documents, legislative debates, legislative and executive branch reports, world constitutions, international treaties, military history, and reports and other documents of international organizations. - Indian Claims Insight This link opens in a new window
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Includes historical claims presented to Congress or brought before the Court of Claims. Also includes records of the Indian Claims Commission including briefs, docket books, decisions, expert testimony, oral transcripts, and more.
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Digitized historical materials shared by cultural heritage organizations from across our state, including images, text, audio, film, and more, with new items added on a regular basis. - Northfield - Rice County Digital History Collection This link opens in a new window
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Use the search box on the left side of the page to access digital versions of records of the history of Northfield, Minnesota.
