Dakota Memorial Park Minneapolis, MNMemorial Park Dakota Sacred Positioning
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Noon December, 26th
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Minneapolis, MN
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Northeast University
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University Ave 2nd St. SE
Main St. SE
Father Hennepin Blus Park University Ave
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Southeast Steam Plant Hennepin Island Stone Arch Bridge
Main St. SE
Father Hennepin Blus Park Well Drained River Mississippi Somewhat Poorly Drained Southeast Steam Plant Hennepin Island Stone Arch Bridge
Mississippi River
Photographed above is a series from an on-site visit to the Spring 2016 studio project Alluvial Restitch.
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Top series: This photo trilogy plays with a varying depth of focus along with capturing the natural beauty of Newport, Minnesota.
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Bottom: This panorama of the Newport transit station shows the dichotomy of nature and the built environment.
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Remembrance and Reconciliation Remembrance and Reconciliation The hanging went down as the largest mass execution ever on U.S. lands to this day. This memorial is in REMEMBRANCE of the The hanging went down as the largest brave warriors that fought, those detained, mass execution ever on U.S. lands to this day. and the Dakota that were killed during this This memorial is in REMEMBRANCE of the war. The Dakota have RECONCILED with the brave warriors that fought, those detained, atrocities that happened to their people, but and the Dakota that were killed during this will ne never forget. war. The Dakota have RECONCILED with the atrocities that happened to their people, but will ne never forget.
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Experimentation with Photography: Newport, MN
In the Fall of 1862 an uprising of the Dakota Native American people occurred to ght against the Westernization of the lands that In the Fall of 1862 an uprising of the Dakota they considered sacred. It became to be known Native American people occurred to ght as the Dakota War. Hundreds of Dakota men against the Westernization of the lands that were killed along with thousands of men, they considered sacred. It became to be known women, and children sent to interment camps as the Dakota War. Hundreds of Dakota men at Fort Snelling , a site they hold sacred by their were killed along with thousands of men, creator. The Dakota nally surrendered that women, and children sent to interment camps same winter and the U.S. government held 303 at Fort Snelling , a site they hold sacred by their native men captive for war crimes, and sent creator. The Dakota nally surrendered that them to be hanged on December, 26. Per same winter and the U.S. government held 303 orders from then President Abraham Lincoln, native men captive for war crimes, and sent only 39 were found to be guilty of any crime them to be hanged on December, 26. Per and were eventually hanged on the set date. orders from then President Abraham Lincoln, only 39 were found to be guilty of any crime and were eventually hanged on the set date.
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