Hello Minneapolis Folks: On Friday, August 8, 2003 Mr. Bob Brown, Mendota Dakota Cultural Chair left on his journey to the Spirit World. He was a passionate advocate for saving Minnehaha Park and Coldwater Springs from the re-routing of highway 55 and protecting his communities traditions and culture. He was a courageous, warm and gentle man, who worked to create positive outcomes for his people.
I last saw Bob at the annual Mendota Medwakaton POWWOW, several weekends ago. The Mendota held their first modern day POWWOW were Highway 55 reroute was eventually built in 1998. I asked Bob the first year the Mendota Medwakanton held their POWWOW in Mendota if he felt like the community in Mendota was being supportive of them having a POWWOW. He said, "The police Chief in Mendota wrote a letter supporting our POWWOW, the local church donated land, and the City Council approved it unanimously. In Minneapolis, they would have tear gassed us and arrested us!" Then he laughed. Bob has left this world with wonderful family and many good friends, who will celebrate his life over the next several days. The Mexica will perform a ceremony tonight (Monday) at 6:00 in Mendota: Old St. Peters Chapel Highway 13 and 110. Tuesday at 11:00 A.M service will be held at the Old St. Peters Chapel. Please come and honor this wonderful man. Respectfully, Ken Bradley __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
