David M. Krueger
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780816696918
- eISBN:
- 9781452952444
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816696918.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Chapter Two demonstrates the appeal of Viking myths to Minnesotans who embraced the artifact as proof that the conquest of the American West was blessed by God. The rune stone is examined in light of ...
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Chapter Two demonstrates the appeal of Viking myths to Minnesotans who embraced the artifact as proof that the conquest of the American West was blessed by God. The rune stone is examined in light of efforts to publicly memorialize deceased settlers following the Dakota War of 1862.Less
Chapter Two demonstrates the appeal of Viking myths to Minnesotans who embraced the artifact as proof that the conquest of the American West was blessed by God. The rune stone is examined in light of efforts to publicly memorialize deceased settlers following the Dakota War of 1862.
Karen V. Hansen
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199746811
- eISBN:
- 9780199369478
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746811.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Culture
The encounter between Dakotas and Scandinavians and other Euro–American settlers was imbued with a mutual fearfulness born of violent conflict, particularly the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. This chapter ...
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The encounter between Dakotas and Scandinavians and other Euro–American settlers was imbued with a mutual fearfulness born of violent conflict, particularly the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. This chapter narrates the contradictory memories of war that live today at the Spirit Lake Dakota Indian Reservation and examines the ways that Dakotas and Scandinavians opened doors to each other, or not, in the late nineteenth century. It interrogates two cultural events that occurred on one day—the Fort Totten powwow and the centennial parade that celebrated the founding of the Scandinavian village on the reservation. Family stories attempt to make sense of this antagonistic history and edgy coexistence.Less
The encounter between Dakotas and Scandinavians and other Euro–American settlers was imbued with a mutual fearfulness born of violent conflict, particularly the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. This chapter narrates the contradictory memories of war that live today at the Spirit Lake Dakota Indian Reservation and examines the ways that Dakotas and Scandinavians opened doors to each other, or not, in the late nineteenth century. It interrogates two cultural events that occurred on one day—the Fort Totten powwow and the centennial parade that celebrated the founding of the Scandinavian village on the reservation. Family stories attempt to make sense of this antagonistic history and edgy coexistence.
