The Dakota 38+2 Wokiksuye Ride 2017 Begins Dec 10,2017

The Dakota 38+2 Wokiksuye Ride 2017 ride begins Dec 10 in Lower Brule Indian Reservation in South Dakota from there it's a 330 mile journey in brutal winter weather on horseback to Mankato, Minnesota & arrive there Dec 26 to commemorate the day of the hangings of the 38 Dakota and two others that occurred later

This is the 2017 interactive ride map. More detail will be added. Note that there is a slight discrepancy between projected miles and actual miles. The map does not show detours, backtracking etc.Once the ride begins, the daily route will change to red as we progress. UPDATED The Dakota 38+2 Wokiksuye Ride 2017 ride begins Dec 10 in Lower Brule Indian Reservation in South Dakota from there it's a 330 mile journey in brutal winter weather on horseback to Mankato, Minnesota & arrive there Dec 26 to commemorate the day of the hangings of the 38 Dakota and two others that occurred laterThis is the 2017 interactive ride map. More detail will be added. Note that there is a slight discrepancy between projected miles and actual miles. The map does not show detours, backtracking etc.Once the ride begins, the daily route will change to red as we progress. UPDATED goo.gl/eQLHD3 In 1862 an event occurred, in what is now Minnesota, which had a dramatic impact on the subsequent history of the United States, Canada, and Dakota tribes. The event was the result of federal policy and a newly formed state to remove the Dakota people from their lands and led to the largest mass hanging in US history on December 26, 1862 and the scattering of Dakota people across a region stretching from Saskatchewan to Nebraska. Today, all the people of the region continue to be affected by this traumatic event.

These are their names Tipi-hdo-niche, Forbids His Dwelling Wyata-tonwan, His People Taju-xa, Red OtterHinhan-shoon-koyag-mani, Walks Clothed in an Owl’s TailMaza-bomidu, Iron BlowerWapa-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 FleeWakan tanka, Great Spirit Tunkan koyag I najin, Stands Clothed with His Grandfather Maka te najin, Stands Upon EarthPazi kuta mani, Walks Prepared to ShootTate 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 Chankah do, Near the Woods Oyate tonwan, The Coming People Mehu we mea, He Comes for MeWakinyan 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.

In Spring, 2005, Jim Miller, a Vietnam veteran, enrolled member of Cheyenne River, and a descendent of the Dakotas who where displaced after the event, dreamt of a series of horseback rides that would bring the Dakota people together, raise awareness to the significance impact still with us from the mass hanging and the surrounding events, and to bring reconciliation among all people of the region so that we may move forward and live in a good way.Jim’s vision is for riders from all Dakota tribes to ride over 330 miles from Lower Brule Indian Reservation to the site of the mass hanging in Mankato, Minnesota. The ride is in December to honor the men, women, and children who were forced to march across the cold winter prairies either to the mass hanging in Mankato or to a large concentration camp of Dakota families at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The riders finish at Reconciliation Park in Mankato on the anniversary of December 26.We take the youth on the ride, so that they may connect with their culture in a more physical way. By being apart of the ride they are connecting themselves with their ancestors and their horse relatives. It is through the ride that they are able to see the beauty in the history and their cultureIn 1862 an event occurred, in what is now Minnesota, which had a dramatic impact on the subsequent history of the United States, Canada, and Dakota tribes. The event was the result of federal policy and a newly formed state to remove the Dakota people from their lands and led to the largest mass hanging in US history on December 26, 1862 and the scattering of Dakota people across a region stretching from Saskatchewan to Nebraska. Today, all the people of the region continue to be affected by this traumatic event.In Spring, 2005, Jim Miller, a Vietnam veteran, enrolled member of Cheyenne River, and a descendent of the Dakotas who where displaced after the event, dreamt of a series of horseback rides that would bring the Dakota people together, raise awareness to the significance impact still with us from the mass hanging and the surrounding events, and to bring reconciliation among all people of the region so that we may move forward and live in a good way.Jim’s vision is for riders from all Dakota tribes to ride over 330 miles from Lower Brule Indian Reservation to the site of the mass hanging in Mankato, Minnesota. The ride is in December to honor the men, women, and children who were forced to march across the cold winter prairies either to the mass hanging in Mankato or to a large concentration camp of Dakota families at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The riders finish at Reconciliation Park in Mankato on the anniversary of December 26.We take the youth on the ride, so that they may connect with their culture in a more physical way. By being apart of the ride they are connecting themselves with their ancestors and their horse relatives. It is through the ride that they are able to see the beauty in the history and their culture

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