The Forgotten Tribe

A longtime friend of mine alerted me to the following very long article about the Mendota Tribe in the August 18, 2024 St. Paul Pioneer Press.  I prefer to simply let the article speak for itself.  The locus of this tribe, Mendota Mdewakonton Dakota Tribal Community, is not far from where I live, in the vicinity of Fort Snelling and Mendota MN.  My familiarity with them basically centers on occasional events in Mendota MN.  Here is the map reference, which is near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and historic Ft. Snelling.

Here are two links to the same article.

The Forgotten Tribe, as published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press August 18, 2024.

If the above link is no longer available, here is my cut and paste pdf of the actual article: Mendota Tribe Pion Press 8 18 24 (3)

Lawrence Taliaferro’s hand’drawn map of Fort Snelling and vicinity, 1835. Public domain. Minnesota Historical Society