Thursday, December 26, 2024 – 38 + 2: Healing and reconciliation
Description
After a hiatus, horse riders resumed a tradition to remember the Dakota men hanged by the U.S. Government on December 26, 1862 in Mankato, Minn. The original organizer of the ride, Jim Miller, died in March 2023. A new group of riders has now taken up the task and reformed under the title Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing Horse-Ride – from the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota to Mankato. We’ll hear from the riders about the journey and the history they are highlighting. We’ll also check on the work to have the federal government rescind the medals given to the U.S. Army soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee Massacre Dec. 29, 1890.
GUESTS
Kameron Runnels (Santee Dakota), vice chairman of the Santee Sioux Nation
Dr. Kate Beane (Flandreau Santee Dakota and Muscogee), executive director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art
Josette Peltier (Dakota and Lakota), sister to Jim Miller, founder of the Dakota 38+2 rides
OJ Semans Sr. (Rosebud Sioux), co-executive director of Four Directions Vote
Break 1 Music: Intertribal Song (song) Dakota Nation (artist) Home of the Champions (album)
Break 2 Music: Ridin’ Out the Storm (song) Samantha Crain (artist)
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