Pax-salon Mailing List: Conversational Salon (Open Conversation)

[Patty Guerrero (pattypax]

Hi,  Tuesday  , Feb. 19,  we are having an open conversation salon.   Hope to 
see you.

Patty

Next Tuesday.  we will be showing the movie,  Margin Call, a movie w/Kevin 
Spacey and Jeremy Irons.   A story of the greed and corruption of Wall Street.  
 

The March salons are all speakers and discussions about the Dakota/US War of 
1862.   Minneapolis and St Paul City Councils have recognized this year as the 
Year of the Dakota.

>>>> March 5----Carole Julian will present background information and lead a
>>>> discussion on the 1862 Dakota conflict. Primary sources of information are
>>>> North Country, the Making of Minnesota by Mary Wingerd, and MNI Sota Makoce
>>>> by White and Wasicuna.  Julian will also share her personal story of having
>>>> attended the December 26th commemoration events of
>>>> the mass hangings of 38 Dakota men in Mankato  for the past several years.
>>>> 
>>>> March 12--- Guest,  Dr. Chris Mato Nunpa, DAKOTA Man from Yellow Medicine 
>>>> Community, near
>>>> Granite Falls, Minnesota    - Former Associate Professor, Indigenous 
>>>> Nations
>>>> & Dakota Studies.  He will discuss with us Selected Aspects of the 
>>>> Dakota-US
>>>> War of 1862   
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> March 19--Guest, Rhoda Gilman, Retired Historian of Minnesota Historical 
>>>> Society,
>>>> discusses her biography of Henry Sibley and his relations with the Dakota 
>>>> and
>>>> their treaties up to 1862.
>>>> 
>>>> March 26--Book Club and guest, Diane Wilson , author of  Spirit Car: 
>>>> Journey
>>>> To A Dakota Past.  This was chosen as book of the year to read by City of 
>>>> Minneapolis.
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