the story the song tells
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A historical introduction to the story of the traditional Sioux tune, Lacquiparle, also known as \"Many and Great\" or \"Wakantanka Taku Nitawa.\" The song weaves into the stories of the settling of the West, the Civil War, the Dakota Trials, Trial of Tears, and many other significant events in American history.TRANSCRIPT
The Story the Song Tells:Wakantanka (Many and Great)
from Renville to Lincoln
PF Anderson (Perplexity Peccable)
Birth of a Song, Song of Plenty
• Joseph Renville– Son of a French fur-trader and a woman of
the Lakota Sioux, born 1779 at Kaposia (St Paul), Minnesota
– Fostered with the priests– Scout, interpreter and translator
• Assisted with bringing the Bible to his people
– Death from illness in 1842
Robinson, Doane. A History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians. South Dakota Historical Collections, v. 2. South Dakota Department of Historical Collections. Aberdeen, SD, State Historical Society, ©1904. http://books.google.com/books?id=PrUtRUfxgLsC
Wakantanka
Grammar and Dictionary of the Dakota language, collected by Rev. S. R. Riggs. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, v. 4. http://books.google.com/books?id=dmISAAAAYAAJ
Wakantanka
• Wakantanka taku nitawa • tankaya qaota; • mahpiya kin eyahnake ca, • makakin he duowanca. • Mniowanca sbeya wanke cin, • hena ovakihi.
"Dakota Hymn" / Lacquiparle / “Many and Great” - by Joseph R. Renville (1842), trans. SR Riggs, paraphrased by R. Phillip Frazier (1929). http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/poemquot/wakantanka.html
Wakantanka / Many and Great
• Wakantanka taku nitawa
• tankaya qaota; • mahpiya kin
eyahnake ca, • makakin he
duowanca. • Mniowanca sbeya
wanke cin, • hena ovakihi.
• Many and great, O God, are your works,
• Maker of earth and sky; • Your hands have set the
heaven with stars; • Your fingers spread the
mountains and plains. • See, at your word the
waters were formed; • Deep seas obey your
voice.
Audio available at: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/a/mangreat.htm"Dakota Hymn" / Lacquiparle / “Many and Great” - by Joseph R. Renville (1842), trans. SR Riggs, paraphrased by R. Phillip Frazier (1929). http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/poemquot/wakantanka.html
Twenty years later …
• Times of prosperity and generosity shift to times of illness and starvation
Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
Little Crow Seeks Assistance
Wikimedia Commons: Little Crow c1862: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Little_crow_c1862.jpgWikimedia Commons: Chief Little Crow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ChiefLittleCrow.jpg
Talks Fail, Desperation & Illness Strike
• Smallpox and influenza are ravaging the native populations
Lord Jeff Documents with Microfilm Index & Text Files of Excerpts: http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/jeff_docs.html
Leaving 486 Settlers Dead
Wikimedia Commons: The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Siege_of_New_Ulm_Minn.jpg
Call to Arms
• Governor Alexander Ramsey
• Colonel Henry Sibley
Wikimedia Commons: Alexander Ramsey: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Alexander_Ramsey,_2nd_Governor_of_Minnesota.jpgWikimedia Commons: Henry Hastings Sibley: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Henry_Hastings_Sibley.jpg
A Call for Moderation
• Bishop Henry Whipple calls to Lincoln
Wikimedia Commons: Lincoln & McClelland, 1862-10-03: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Lincoln_and_McClellan_1862-10-03.jpgWikimedia Commons: Henry Benjamin Whipple: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Henry_Benjamin_Whipple_-_Brady-Handy.jpg
The Decision
Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
December 26, 1862; 10:00 AM,
The Song is Sung
"Execution of the Thirty-eight Sioux Indians/at Mankato Minnesota December 26, 1862." Hayes Lith. Co., Buffalo, NY. colored print/16 1/4" x 21 1/4.” Archives & Special Collections. F&M College Library. http://library.fandm.edu/archives/webpagepicts/3210d.jpg
The Other Captives
Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
Next … The Trail of Tears
Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
Now
RavenMN: Photo of Buffalo Reconciliation Park. http://ravenmn.buzznet.com/user/photos/?id=7152771Largest mass hanging in US history: http://www.unitednativeamerica.com/hanging.htmlBarry, Paul. Reconciliation. http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues99/Co12251999/CO_122599_Reconciliation.html
More information• Wikipedia: Dakota War of 1862:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862
• Homstad, Daniel W. Lincoln’s Agonizing Decision. American History Dec 2001 36(5):28
• Barry, Paul. Reconciliation. http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues99/Co12251999/CO_122599_Reconciliation.html
• More links: http://delicious.com/rosefirerising/minnesota OR http://delicious.com/rosefirerising/1862