On the 152nd anniversary of the largest mass execution in the history of the United States: the hanging of thirty-eight Dakota men in Mankato for their role in the U.S. Dakota War, contemporary Dakota writers speak to Presence. We speak several generations after the U.S. Dakota War and the United States government’s expulsion of Dakota from Minnesota. We speak, even as we are often erased or misrepresented in mainstream media and culture. We are here. Please join us as we reflect, remember, and share.
Lowertown Reading Jam will be presented on Friday, December 26, 2014, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar,
308 Prince Street in Saint Paul. All ages, no cover, donations welcome. Food and beverages for sale.
Featured writers include Lonna Hunter ♦ Richard Merlin Johnson Jr. ♦ Lisa J. Yankton ♦ Colleen Casey, and other special guests.