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Honoring the 38 Dakota

Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Currents. Share Powwow Pictures and Stories »

15 Powwow Weekend

MANKATO, MINNESOTA - On December 26, 1862, the day after Christmas, 38 Dakota men were hanged in Mankato, Minnesota. The event has been called the largest one-day execution in American history. The hangings were the result of the Dakota War of 1862, which was to end of the Dakota people from living in the state of Minnesota. President Abraham Lincoln, the freer of the slaves ironically, occupied the White House then.

The Dakota have survived and celebrate the descendants of the 38 Dakota.

They will celebrate their 39th Mahkato Wacipi, which means dance in Dakota, this weekend in Mankota, Minnesota.

Grand Entries are as follows:

Spread throughout Indian Country, there are many powwows. It is a time to celebrate the survival of American Indian people.

Below is the list of the 39th Mahkato Wacipi and all the powwows taking place this weekend:

39th Mahkato Wacipi
September 16-18
Land of Memories Park
Mankato, Minnesota

1st Annual Traditional Native American Powwow
September 17-18
Sponsored by American Indian Center of Chicago
Busse Woods Forest Preserve (at Boating Center entrance)
Elk Grove, Illinois

4th Wellbriety Conference
September 15-17
Montana Expo Park
Great Falls, Montana

5th Fort Hamby
September 16-18
Fort Hamby State Park
Wiikesboro, North Carolina

6th Iowa
September 16-18
Iowa Reservation
White Cloud, Kansas

27th Great Mohican
September 16-18
Mohican Reservation
Camp and Festival Grounds
Loudonville, Ohio

Drums of Painted Mountain
September 16-18
Southwest Virginia Community College
Cedar Bluff, Virginia

36th Trail of Courage
September 17-18
Fulton County Historical Society
Rochester, Indiana

St. Joseph's Indian School
September 17
St. Joseph’s Indian School Football Field
Chamberlain, South Dakota

4th Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia
September 17-18
Surry Parks & Recreation Center
Surry, Virginia

Bluff City
September 17-18
Rockport City Park
Rockport, Indiana

Native Harvest Festival
September 17-18
The Museum of Ontario Archaeology
London, Ontario

Celebration of the Future
September 17-18
Shakamak State Park
Jasonville, Indiana

6th American Indian Heritage Celebration
September 17
Evergreen Valley College
San Jose, California

2nd Black Native American Association
September 17-18
Cal State University
Eastbay, Carlos Lee Blvd.
Hayward, California

updated September 17, 2011 11:45 am edt; posted September 15, 2011 11:59 am edt