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In a similar even, here is the incredible conceptual word cloud you all generated from our morning speaker and photo/video tour of community-based art at Reconciliation Park, the Ardent Mills Silos, Library, and Downtown Public Art Corridor.

Books

· Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota by Gwen Westerman and Bruce White

· Fort Snelling at Bdote: A Brief History by Peter DeCarlo

· Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian

· Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

· The Relentless Business of Treaties: How Indigenous Land Became U.S. Property by Martin Case

· In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: The Dakota Commemorative Marches of the 21st Century edited by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson

· What Does Justice Look Like? The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland by Waziyatawin

· Pazahiyayewin's Story of Bdote by Ramona Kitto Stately (facebook event)

· Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia to purchase Pazahiyayewin's Story of Bdote by Ramona Kitto Stately

· Minnesota Native American Lives series (books for elementary students)

Websites

· The Bdote Memory Map

· Healing Place Collaborative Website

· Why Treaties Matter website

· Dakhóta Iápi Okhódakičhiye/Dakota Language Society

· MinnesotaHistory.net

· Dakota Commemorative March Facebook page

· Lakota Landscape Map

· IllumiNative website

· We Are Still Here MN

· Exploring Dakota Lands & Water

Videos/Audio

· Know Where You Are: Bdote

· Little War on the Prairie a 2012 documentary from MPR that aired on This American Life

· The Past is Alive Within Us: The U.S.-Dakota Conflict by Twin Cities PBS

Documents

· Bdote Field Trip Resource Guide

· In a Good Way: American Indian Studies in the Classroom

· Oȟéyawahe (Pilot Knob) Teacher Guide and Supplementary Lessons

· Dakota Map by Marlena Myles

· Considerations for Selecting and Assessing American Indian Resources

We hope to see you again at an upcoming event!