Category Archives: Commemorating Controversy

Clubs, Hatchets, Beams and Knives, Part 6

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Minnesota’s State Capitol, on permanent exhibit in the architecture of the Minnesota Historical Society History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota. ***** Part six in a seven-part series on European American/Native American War Artifacts and the Ethics of Display by Zabelle Stodola, professor … Continue reading →

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Clubs, Hatchets, Knives and Beams Part 5

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Part five in a seven-part series on European American/Native American War Artifacts and the Ethics of Display by Zabelle Stodola, professor of literature and cultural studies at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. The series begins here. Part 5: Sarah Wakefield’s Story … Continue reading →

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Clubs, Hatchets, Knives and Beams Part 3

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Part three in a seven-part series on European American/Native American War Artifacts and the Ethics of Display by Zabelle Stodola, professor of literature and cultural studies at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. The series begins here. Part 3: Hannah Dustan’s Story … Continue reading →

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Clubs, Hatchets, Knives, and Beams, Part 2

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Part two in a seven-part series on European American/Native American War Artifacts and the Ethics of Display by Zabelle Stodola, professor of literature and cultural studies at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. The series begins here. Part II: Mary Rowlandson, … Continue reading →

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Clubs, Hatchets, Knives and Beams Part 1

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Clubs, Hatchets, Knives, and Beams: European American/Native American War Artifacts and the Ethics of Display By Zabelle Stodola, University of Arkansas at Little Rock June 2012 I’m Zabelle Stodola, Carrie Zeman’s co-editor for  A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity: Dispatches … Continue reading →

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…And So Were German Turners

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

On the seventh day, God rested from creation. On the seventh day, Turners recreated. When my friend Lois Glewwe mentioned a few weeks ago that she’d happened upon a 19th century missionary organization whose sole goal was to convert Roman … Continue reading →

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Children, Trauma, and Memory

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

In Part I of this series, But Is It True?, I suggested a couple of research techniques scholars routinely use to fact-check stories. The story, in this case, is about Little Crow’s death as related by Mary Elizabeth Lamson, whose … Continue reading →

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“The No Win War”

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

The May 2012 issue of Minnesota Monthly magazine contains a well-written article by Gregory J. Scott about the controversy of commemorating the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862: “The No Win War.” If you are new to the subject –as I was twenty years … Continue reading →

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