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Dakota 38

Published on Jul 19, 2012 by SmoothFeather

In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before he awoke, he arrived at a riverbank in Minnesota and saw 38 of his Dakota ancestors hanged. At the time, Jim knew nothing of the largest mass execution in United States history, ordered by Abraham Lincoln on December 26, 1862. "When you have dreams, you know when they come from the creator... As any recovered alcoholic, I made believe that I didn't get it. I tried to put it out of my mind, yet it's one of those dreams that bothers you night and day."

Now, four years later, embracing the message of the dream, Jim and a group of riders retrace the 330-mile route of his dream on horseback from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to arrive at the hanging site on the anniversary of the execution. "We can't blame the wasichus anymore. We're doing it to ourselves. We're selling drugs. We're killing our own people. That's what this ride is about, is healing." This is the story of their journey- the blizzards they endure, the Native and Non-Native communities that house and feed them along the way, and the dark history they are beginning to wipe away.

 

GJ Woman Hopes To Buy Empty Depot

 GRAND JUNCTION, Colo -- It is a local landmark. The stately Grand Junction Depot building has been empty since the early 1980's and years of neglect have taken their toll. But in 1906, Grand Junction's depot was the toast of the town.
“The pride of early western communities, the gateway to your community, was the railroad depot,” David Bailey, the Curator of History for Museum of the West, explains.The depot was designed by Henry J. Schlacks, a famous architect of the day. The elegant Italian Renaissance style of construction featured fine detail and high quality materials. It cost about $60,000 to build. That was a huge sum in the early 1900’s.“They wanted people to think as soon as they got off the train, wow, this is an amazing community,” Bailey says.In its glory days, the depot welcomed hundreds of people daily.“There was more than one railroad. There was Colorado Midland, the Denver and Rio Grande, so it was bustling place.”In those days, train service was an experience in and of itself.
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