Black and white photograph of a translator with three Ojibwe men. The Ojibwe leader Miskogwan (Red Feather) stands on the far right. Northwest School of Agriculture Dedication Day, October 5, 1920.

Participants in NWSA Dedication Day

Three Ojibwe men with a translator. The Ojibwe leader Miskogwan (Red Feather) stands on the far right. Northwest School of Agriculture Dedication Day, October 5, 1920.

Sketch showing the approximate boundaries of the contested zone between the Ojibwe and the Dakota in the late 1700s.

Map of contested zone

Sketch showing the approximate boundaries of the contested zone between the Ojibwe and the Dakota in the late 1700s. Adapted from Douglas A. Birk, “A Preliminary Archaeological Study of the Little Round Hill Site, Old Wadena Park, Wadena County, Minnesota,” 1991.

Black and white photograph of Gabriel Renville in South Dakota, ca. 1890. Photograph by Steinhauer.

Gabriel Renville in South Dakota

Gabriel Renville in South Dakota, ca. 1890. Photograph by Steinhauer.

Black and white photograph of Gabriel Renville in Washington D.C., ca. 1880–1881.

Gabriel Renville in Washington, D.C.

Gabriel Renville in Washington, D.C., ca. 1880–1881. Retrieved from Ancestry.com.

Black and white photograph of Gabriel Renville in Washington, D.C., at about forty-two years old, 1867.

Gabriel Renville in Washington, D.C.

Gabriel Renville in Washington, D.C., at about forty-two years old, 1867.

Black and white photograph of Gabriel Renville, ca. 1880–1881.

Gabriel Renville

Gabriel Renville, ca. 1880–1881. This public-domain image was originally obtained, in 2017, from http://www.ndstudies.org/resources/IndianStudies/spiritlake/leaders_traditional.html. As of March 2, 2019, this site no longer exists.

Renville, Gabriel (1825–1892)

Gabriel Renville was a fur trader, a farmer, and the leader of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota from 1867 until 1892. Related by blood to multiple Dakota bands and mixed-ancestry families, he opposed Ta Oyate Duta (His Red Nation, also known as Little Crow) and other Dakota who fought against settler-colonists in the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862. His choice angered some of his relatives, who saw him as serving the interests of colonists. After the war, he was one of many who worked to reacquire land for the Sisseton-Wahpeton people.

Dakota woman and children

Dakota woman and children

Dakota woman and children, ca. 1920.

Drummers from the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe provide accompaniment for a dance performed for Vice President Walter Mondale.

Drum circle, Red Lake Band of Ojibwe

Drummers from the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe provide accompaniment for a dance performed for Vice President Walter Mondale. Photograph by Robert McNeely, July 24, 1978.

Fred Veilleux, Ojibwe composer and musician talking with Gary Fife in the sound studio of MIGIZI's "First Person Radio"

Fred Veilleux and Gary Fife

Fred Veilleux, Ojibwe composer and musician, talking with Gary Fife in the sound studio of MIGIZI's "First Person Radio" at 2300 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis. Photograph by Randy Croce, 1983.

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