Above: Dakota 38+2 Memorial Riders making their way to Mankato, Minnesota on Christmas Day 2013. A riderless “spirit horse” representing the ancestors among the Memorial Riders. Photo by Keith Nichols.
Native American riders on December 20, 2013 on their brutal 259 mile ride from South Dakota to Minnesota, in memory of the largest mass hanging in the US that occurred in MN (38 people hung at one time based upon no real proof) and the resulting flight of Natives from MN to SD. Source Facebook.
December 26, 2013 is the anniversary of the largest mass execution in the United States when 38 Dakota men were hanged on the order of President Abraham Lincoln
The 38 Dakota hanged in Mankato Minn., December 16, 1862.
[Ride Staffkeeper Peter] Lengkeek says “Long ago, when we were exiled from hereby order of the government, there was mostly women and children left and they’re the ones that survived that journey. Its because of the women is why we’re here now.”
Riders arriving at Mankato,Minnesota on Christmas Day 2013. By Keith Nichols
The riders stopped in the Marshall area and the Marshall Independent reported in SMSU hosts Dakota Riders:
Southwest Minnesota State University hosted riders from the Dakota nations on the ninth annual journey of healing and reconciliation on Thursday night. After dinner there was a viewing of the 2008 documentary on the history of the ride.
In 2005, Jim Miller had a dream of 38 riders traveling across the plains beckoning him to join them. Researching the history of the Sioux War of 1862, he came to believe his vision was calling him on a sacred quest to ride from Lower Brule, South Dakota, 340 miles to Mankato, where on Dec. 26, 1862, 38 Dakota Sioux were hanged after the end of the war.
Two more Dakota who escaped to Canada were later returned to the U.S. and hanged. . . .
Here’s a Youtube of the documentary. It’s 78 minutes long, but worth watching.
The Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride arrived at the Land of Memories Park, just west of Mankato, Minnesota off of Highway 169 on Christmas afternoon.
The Memorial Riders began their long journey from the Lower Brule Indian Reservation in South Dakota on Monday, December 9, 2013 that covered some 330 miles in frigid cold weather through the Great Plains and then into southern Minnesota.
The temperatures were in single digits on Christmas Day, but climbed to 17 degrees for a high.
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The Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride began in 2005 as a way to promote reconciliation between American Indians and non-Native people. Other goals of the Memorial Ride include: provide healing from historical trauma; remember and honor the 38 + 2 who were hanged; bring awareness of Dakota history and to promote youth rides and healing.
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