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  • Student Uses Welding Class Project to Replace Old Cemetery Markers
  • Film Fest, Speaker Delve Into American Indian Movement
  • National Native American Heritage Month
  • Friends Mourn Red Cloud
  • Fountain, Statue Dedication Bridges Cultures
  • The Last Lakota Code Talker
  • Crow Creek: The Forgotten People
  • Santee Youth Reconnecting to Winona Roots with New Venture
  • Prairie Island Indian Community Pledges $125,000 to Diversity Foundation
  • Churches Start Drive To Send Aid To S.D. Native Americans
  • Dakota Homecoming June 2 & 3 (2007)
  • Otakuye Hdihunipi- The Third Annual Great Dakota Gathering and Homecoming
  • More Dakota Attend Homecoming
  • Hdihunipi- The Great Dakota Gathering and Homecoming Event Honoring American Indians (2006)
  • Hdihunipi: Great Dakota Gathering and Homecoming This Weekend (2006) at Lake Park
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  • Senator Norm Coleman
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  • Ardell Brede - Mayor, Rochester Minnesota
  • Eric Sorensen - Former City Manager, Winona, Minnesota
  • Roger Trudell - Chairman, Santee Sioux Nation
  • Lynn Salt and David Mueller - Movie Producers
  • Mark Peterson- Executive Director, Winona Historical Society
  • Rod Steiner
  • Cynthia Lindquist Mala - Executive Director, North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission
  • Elizabeth Morgan
  • Andrew Grey, Sisseton - Wahepeton Sioux Tribe
  • Robert C. Douville, Department of Health & Human Services
  • Duane St. John, Community & Health Rep., Crow Creek Big Bend District
  • Dale McKay, Dakota Ojibway Police Service
  • Lila Mechaley & Tribal Members of the Santee Sioux Nation
  • Mary Cavanaugh, Spirit Lake Tribe
  • Vernon Ashley
• Events
  • Rochester Indian Heights Park Ceremony
  • "A Good Day to Die" Documentary
  • 2010 NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet
  • 2011 NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet
  • Dakota Homecoming
  • Chief Wabasha II Fountain & Sculpture Dedication
  • Honoring the US Marine Corps
  • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Boots and Saddle Club 2010 Halloween Horse Parade
• Projects
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  • Dakota Reconciliation
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• People
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  • Clarence Wolf Guts
  • Dennis Banks
  • Peter Lengkeek
  • Alan Childs II
  • Brandon Sazue
  • Edward A. Lhones Sr.
  • Eric Sorensen
  • Joseph Gomer
  • Lenoard Wabasha
  • Rev. Sid Byrd
  • Rick Thomas
  • Robert Bone
  • Rod Steiner
  • Vern Ashley
• Dakota Homecoming

Additional Advisors and Consultants:

• Duane Big Eagle: Chairman of Crow Creek Dakota Reservation, Direct descendent of Dakota Chief Big Eagle



• Robert Bone: Former Chief @ Sioux Valley Dakota Reserve; (Manitoba, Canada) current Director of SV Tribal Health, Rancher, Co-founder of Unity Riders. (DF advisor & Coordinator for GE04 WP/Dakota Homecoming)



• Dr. Roger Bordeaux: Supt of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Reservation Schools @ Agency Village, South Dakota. Holds MA in Media and Film Productions and Phd. in Education from Univ. of S. Dakota. Dr. Bordeaux is enrolled member of the Rosebud Res. and is assisting Diversity with its Educational Interactive CD Rom and incorporation of the Wapasha Prairie/Dakota Documentary series into Indian Reservations Schools & Curriculum



• Hector Bunn: Historian; Dakota elder advisor @ Sioux Valley; Canada (DF Dakota Advisor)



• Betty Chalmers: Historian, Dakota Educator & Language teacher @ BirdTail Dakota Reserve, (DF advisor)



• Emmitt Eastman: SWST member, Dakota elder & World Indigenous Dancer & Marathon runner; Descendent of Dr. Charles Eastman (First Native American Physician)



• Barbara Frey: International Human Rights Attorney & Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis, MN.



• Deanna Gallagher: Education Director, Minn. Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis, MN.



• Owen Dean German: Rancher, Director of SWST Highway Maintenance @ Agency Village, S. Dak. Coordinator of USA Unity Riders (DF advisor) Chief Wapasha descendent.



• Andrew Grey: Former Chairman @ Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe @ Agency Village; DF advisor (See SWST Letter of Support/Testimonial)



• Melvin Grey Owl: Social Activist, Dakota Historian and Storyteller at Crow Creek Dakota Reservation; Ft. Thompson, S.Dak.



• Edna Gustafson (Brien): Chief Wapasha family descendent, Healthcare professional @ Ft. Peck Dakota Reservation (Montana),



• Marcie (Taylor) Halfe: Social worker, DF Dakota advisor & Granddaughter of Eli Taylor, Sioux Valley Dakota Reserve, Manitoba, Canada



• Phillip Hi Eagle: Chief, Pipestone Dakota Reservation, Canada; Co-founder of Unity Riders; (DF advisor) Organizer of 1st International Lions Club ever located on an Indigenous/Indian Reservation.(@Pipestone Reserve)