Thursday, December 26, 2024 – 38 + 2: Healing and reconciliation

Native America Calling

After a hiatus, horse riders resumed a tradition to remember the Dakota men hanged by the U.S. Government on December 26, 1862 in Mankato, Minn. The original organizer of the ride, Jim Miller, died in March 2023. A new group of riders has now taken up the task and reformed under the title Makatoh Reconciliation and Healing Horse-Ride – from the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota to Mankato. We’ll hear from the riders about the journey and the history they are highlighting. We’ll also check on the work to have the federal government rescind the medals given to the U.S. Army soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee Massacre Dec. 29, 1890.

GUESTS

Kameron Runnels (Santee Dakota), vice chairman of the Santee Sioux Nation

Dr. Kate Beane (Flandreau Santee Dakota and Muscogee), executive director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art

Josette Peltier (Dakota and Lakota), sister to Jim Miller, founder of the Dakota 38+2 rides

OJ Semans Sr. (Rosebud Sioux), co-executive director of Four Directions Vote

Break 1 Music: Intertribal Song (song) Dakota Nation (artist) Home of the Champions (album)

Break 2 Music: Ridin’ Out the Storm (song) Samantha Crain (artist)