Bud Nakasone, who worked as a Japanese linguist at Fort Snelling during World War II, describes his path from Hawaii to Minnesota.

Gwen Westerman (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) describes her personal connections to Fort Snelling in different eras.

Brandon Peeters explains his personal connection to Fort Snelling in the Civil War.

Amber Annis (Cheyenne River Lakota) discusses the personal and historical significance of Fort Snelling and its role in the US–Dakota War of 1862.

Flintlock musket of the type used in the Northwest fur trade. Made in London by Barnett between 1850 and 1870 and used in Hudson Bay, Canada.

Buckskin quiver, bow case, bow, and arrows. Possibly Plains Ojibwe or Plains Cree; created in the nineteenth century.

Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women, Shakopee, 1978. Photo by Stormi Greener for the Minneapolis Star Tribune; used with the permission of the Star Tribune.

Two fragments make up a lead toy soldier that is flat, almost two dimensional. One small piece has broken off, but the fragments form an otherwise complete object. The soldier is wearing a large hat and a coat with tails and is holding a firearm—possibly a musket—perpendicular to his body and leaning on his shoulder. This toy was found during the excavation of the hospital building at Historic Fort Snelling in 1974.

Painting of Fort Snelling viewed from the intersection of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers (Bdote). Watercolor on paper by Seth Eastman, 1848.

Watch Bill Tilton, a member of the Minnesota Eight, recount his journey as an activist then and now.