Indigenous Peoples' Day

Indigenous People's Day
Monday, October 13

At Myrick Park Nature Place from 9 to 3, including activities, tours, speakers, tournaments, vendors.

At UWL Student Union from 3 to 8 p.m., including tours, vendors, speakers, music, dance.

7:30 p.m. Keynote speaker: Amy Lonetree

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From the article: "The year was 1863, just shy of the U.S.-Dakota War, and although the Ho-Chunk Nation remained neutral, it gave settlers the perfect excuse. 

"To execute their plan, they formed the Knights of the Forest, a secret society with one goal: 'To banish forever from our beautiful State every Indian who now desecrates our soil.' What followed was one of the most grisly forced removals in the nation’s history."

To Banish Forever: A Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in Minnesota by Cathy Coats.