Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota rice painter Lisa Fifield and writer

painter Lisa Fifield and writer Lise Erdrich honor their Native American tradition in their own unique ways

and motifs of the bags

and microbes produced unforeseen wealth

Van Camp s contemporary story draws from the animal legends and folklore told to him by his Dogrib elders

and in plastic representations at the airport

Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota rice painter Lisa Fifield and writerMuch of the focus on the Dakota people in Minnesota rests on the tragic events of the 1862 U. S.Dakota War and the resulting exile that sent the majority of the Dakota to prisons and reservations beyond the states boundaries. But the true depth of the devastation of removal cannot be understood without a closer examination of the history of the Dakota people and their deep cultural connection to the land that is Minnesota. Drawing on oral history