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The incredibly imperceptibly unpersuasively pervasive influence of the Mystical Lake!

April 23rd, 2010<-- by Contributors --> · 9 Comments

By Daniel Shagobince The multifarious, extensively pervasive, unpersuasively extensive, existential influence of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and its Mystical Lake Casino is made embarrassingly clear when you go to the Star Tribune web site to read about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Wolfchild case, a decision that does a great job [...]

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Tags: About this site · Bdote: A Public EIS · Daniel Shagobince · Minnesota culture · Minnesota Historical Society · Minnesota's 150th · Other stuff · Reclaiming Mini Sota Makoce

I like talking to a man that likes to talk

March 6th, 2009<-- by Folwell --> · 1 Comment

I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking’s something you can’t do judiciously unless you keep in practice, and I’ll tell you right out that I’m a man who likes talking to a man that likes to talk. A word to the wise should [...]

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In praise (but not defense) of the Minnesota Historical Society

February 28th, 2009<-- by Bruce White --> · 2 Comments

Minnesota has a history, and that not altogether an unwritten one, which can unravel many a page of deep, engrossing interest–Alexander Ramsey on becoming the chair of the Minnesota Historical Society in 1851 History is the lifeblood of communities. There is no community without history and the free and open access to that history marks [...]

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The struggle continues

February 26th, 2009<-- by MadamD --> · No Comments

Glad I stopped by, the struggle continues for the truth..may our eyes and ears see and hear…thank you Bruce Madam D

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Welcome to the new MinnesotaHistory.net

February 16th, 2009<-- by Bruce White --> · 8 Comments

As my grandmother used to say “There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip.” She also said: “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride,” “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink,” and “That’s a horse of a different color.” (She loved horses and had ridden in Texas [...]

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