 The Wabasha family honors the Williamson Family at the Dakota Homecoming and Reconciliation, June 25 and 26, 2004, in Winona. Rev. Williamson is credited by many Dakota historians with saving countless Native lives at Crow Creek, after the 1862 Dakota Exile from Minnesota. (Click here for more information on the Rev. Williamson Crow Creek story.)
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STORIES COVERING THE 2004 EVENT:
"Hdihunipi brings truth-telling to the forefront," (06/27/2004) By Jeff Dankert, Winona Daily News.
"Atoning for Henry Sibley's sins," (06/27/2004) Editorial By Jerome Christenson, Winona Daily News.
"City leaders seek Dakota forgiveness," (06/25/2004) By Jeff Dankert, Winona Daily News
"A Truthful Journey Home for the Dakotah People," By Gloria Bauske, Dakota Journal Correspondent
Bridging the Cultural Gap
Winonans, Wapasha people join forces for Grand Excursion
By Margie Cady
The Wapasha people are coming home.
The Winona community and the Dakota people have started the reconciliation process, with an event that begins — but does not end — with the Grand Excursion, Winona officials announced Monday afternoon at City Hall.
Named after Chief Wapasha III and his father and grandfather, Wapasha Prairie was settled by whites and renamed Winona.
Monday's gathering included a descendent, Leonard Wapasha, of the Lower Sioux Indian community in Morton, Minn.
"It's like coming home," Wapasha said of being in Winona.
(Click here to read full March 16, 2004, Winona Daily News
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