Author Archives: Carrie Zeman

First Anniversary

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

When I began this blog a year ago, I didn’t really know what I was doing or what niche it might fill in the research world. I only knew that marketing people advised authors to blog and with A Thrilling … Continue reading →

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Peace Coalition Leaders: Lorenzo Lawrence

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

The second post in a series supplying primary and key secondary sources on 1862 Dakota Peace Coalition leaders. The series is collected in single list on the Sources tab above.  Lorenzo Towanetiton Lawrence Lorenzo Lawrence, no date. Photo Courtesy Marlin Peterson. … Continue reading →

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Peace Coalition Leaders: Simon Anawangmani

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

A young man in the front row at the History Center last week asked a perceptive question: “Where can I find a copy of that book?” he said gesturing toward the image of the 1863 edition of A Thrilling Narrative … Continue reading →

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Stories of the Dakota Peace Coalition

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

Tuesday night at the Minnesota Historical Society’s History Center in St. Paul, I could not have had a more engaged audience for my first presentation of one of my 2013 talks,”Stories of the Dakota Peace Coalition.” Thank you to all … Continue reading →

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Little Crow Slept Here

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

Saturday July 21, 1860, Alfred J. Hill took this photo of the Hazlewood (Hazelwood) Republic on the Upper Sioux Reservation in Minnesota. According to a letter written a few days later by one of the men in the foreground, the … Continue reading →

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The Church Wrestles with Commemoration

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

“The 38 Tears of Bishop Whipple” by Robert Two-Bears ***** On April 9,1863, John and Mary Renville closed the final chapter in their Dakota War narrative, “The Indian Captives: Leaves from a Journal,” with a prophetic word: “May God guide … Continue reading →

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Where Are We Going? A Reflection on the “Genocide” Resolutions

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

“Would you tell me which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat. “I really don’t care where,” replied Alice. “Then it doesn’t much matter which way … Continue reading →

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To Be or Not To Be

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

guest post by Lois Glewwe Five days before their scheduled execution, 39 imprisoned, condemned Dakota men in Mankato, Minnesota, were asked to make a decision  – to be baptized or not,  and whether to be baptized as a Roman Catholic … Continue reading →

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30 + 12 = 42, not 39

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Carrie Zeman

I’m working on my Peace Colaition presentation at MHS January 29, but can’t escape the stories of the 39 Dakota men condemned to death in 1862. A new friend I met in Redwood falls this summer, Molly Schweinfurter, just mailed … Continue reading →

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Northern Slaves: How the U.S. Army Brought Slavery to Minnesota

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Carrie Zeman
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