Oscar Martinson, ca. 1915. Published in Men of Minnesota: A Collection of Portraits of the Men Prominent in Business and Professional Life in Minnesota (St. Paul: Polk & Company, 1915), page 52.
Osman Ali, founder Somali Museum of Minnesota (right), accepting the Innovation Award at the 2017 International Somali Awards in London on March 15, 2017.
“Old settlers” of Otter Tail County at the fairgrounds in Fergus Falls, July 7, 1921. Prince Honeycutt leans on his cane at center. Used with the permission of Otter Tail County Historical Society.
The Otter Tail County Holstein Breeders Association banquet at the Grand Hotel in Fergus Falls, 1915. The hotel was flattened by a cyclone in 1919. Otter Tail County Historical Society, Fergus Falls.
To Dakota people, many places in Minnesota are sacred. Our origin stories root us in these places. They teach us how to live with this land and to be good relatives.