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Transcript of The Story the Song Tells
The Story the Song Tells:Wakantanka (Many and Great)
from Renville to Lincoln
PF Anderson (Perplexity Peccable)
Birth of a Song, Song of Plenty
• Joseph Renville– Son of a French fur-trader and a woman of
the Lakota Sioux, born 1779 at Kaposia (St Paul), Minnesota
– Fostered with the priests– Scout, interpreter and translator
• Assisted with bringing the Bible to his people
– Death from illness in 1842
Robinson, Doane. A History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians. South Dakota Historical Collections, v. 2. South Dakota Department of Historical Collections. Aberdeen, SD, State Historical Society, ©1904. http://books.google.com/books?id=PrUtRUfxgLsC
Wakantanka
Grammar and Dictionary of the Dakota language, collected by Rev. S. R. Riggs. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, v. 4. http://books.google.com/books?id=dmISAAAAYAAJ
Wakantanka
• Wakantanka taku nitawa • tankaya qaota; • mahpiya kin eyahnake ca, • makakin he duowanca. • Mniowanca sbeya wanke cin, • hena ovakihi.
"Dakota Hymn" / Lacquiparle / “Many and Great” - by Joseph R. Renville (1842), trans. SR Riggs, paraphrased by R. Phillip Frazier (1929). http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/poemquot/wakantanka.html
Wakantanka / Many and Great
• Wakantanka taku nitawa
• tankaya qaota; • mahpiya kin
eyahnake ca, • makakin he
duowanca. • Mniowanca sbeya
wanke cin, • hena ovakihi.
• Many and great, O God, are your works,
• Maker of earth and sky; • Your hands have set the
heaven with stars; • Your fingers spread the
mountains and plains. • See, at your word the
waters were formed; • Deep seas obey your
voice.
Audio available at: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/a/mangreat.htm"Dakota Hymn" / Lacquiparle / “Many and Great” - by Joseph R. Renville (1842), trans. SR Riggs, paraphrased by R. Phillip Frazier (1929). http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/poemquot/wakantanka.html
Twenty years later …
• Times of prosperity and generosity shift to times of illness and starvation
Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
Little Crow Seeks Assistance
Wikimedia Commons: Little Crow c1862: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Little_crow_c1862.jpgWikimedia Commons: Chief Little Crow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ChiefLittleCrow.jpg
Talks Fail, Desperation & Illness Strike
• Smallpox and influenza are ravaging the native populations
Lord Jeff Documents with Microfilm Index & Text Files of Excerpts: http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/jeff_docs.html
Leaving 486 Settlers Dead
Wikimedia Commons: The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Siege_of_New_Ulm_Minn.jpg
Call to Arms
• Governor Alexander Ramsey
• Colonel Henry Sibley
Wikimedia Commons: Alexander Ramsey: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Alexander_Ramsey,_2nd_Governor_of_Minnesota.jpgWikimedia Commons: Henry Hastings Sibley: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Henry_Hastings_Sibley.jpg
A Call for Moderation
• Bishop Henry Whipple calls to Lincoln
Wikimedia Commons: Lincoln & McClelland, 1862-10-03: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Lincoln_and_McClellan_1862-10-03.jpgWikimedia Commons: Henry Benjamin Whipple: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Henry_Benjamin_Whipple_-_Brady-Handy.jpg
The Decision
Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
December 26, 1862; 10:00 AM,
The Song is Sung
"Execution of the Thirty-eight Sioux Indians/at Mankato Minnesota December 26, 1862." Hayes Lith. Co., Buffalo, NY. colored print/16 1/4" x 21 1/4.” Archives & Special Collections. F&M College Library. http://library.fandm.edu/archives/webpagepicts/3210d.jpg
The Other Captives
Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
Next … The Trail of Tears
Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
Now
RavenMN: Photo of Buffalo Reconciliation Park. http://ravenmn.buzznet.com/user/photos/?id=7152771Largest mass hanging in US history: http://www.unitednativeamerica.com/hanging.htmlBarry, Paul. Reconciliation. http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues99/Co12251999/CO_122599_Reconciliation.html
More information• Wikipedia: Dakota War of 1862:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862
• Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
• Barry, Paul. Reconciliation. http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues99/Co12251999/CO_122599_Reconciliation.html
• More links: http://delicious.com/rosefirerising/minnesota OR http://delicious.com/rosefirerising/1862