Walking. Stretching.
Albuquerque.
Remembering the Dakota men executed one hundred sixty years ago this day.
St. Stephen’s Day.
King Wenceslas.
Treaties – Frank Waln
Intertribal Song – Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes International
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Reflections of Paha Sapa – Bryan Akipa
The Moon Is Shining – Indigenous
Round Dance – Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes International
Peyote Healing – Robbie Robertson
Thunder Horse – Kevin Locke
Lakota Forever – Brule
Many and Great (Dakota) – Jon Sarta (this was sung by the men to be executed as they were taken to the gallows)
Good King Wenceslas / Rakes Of Mallow – The Boys of County Bucks
Good King Wenceslas – The Roches
The Wren in the Furze – The Chieftains
St. Stephen’s Day Murders – Elvis Costello
Tag Archives: Dakota 38
26 December 2023
Filed under Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
They ride
In the early morning they rise.
People and horses they ride.
They pray and eat.
Riders mount horses
and into the pale light, in prayer
together hey begin to ride.
Through the mist,
they ride.
Through the fog,
they ride.
Through the cold,
they ride.
Through the rain,
they ride.
Through the snow,
they ride.
Through the ice,
they ride.
To remember,
they ride.
To tell the story,
they ride.
To bear witness,
they ride.
To grieve,
they ride.
To heal,
they ride.
To hope,
they ride.
For the 38+2,
they ride.
For justice,
they ride.
For the people,
they ride.
For themselves,
they ride.
For the future,
they ride.
For us all,
they ride.
To Mankato,
traveling through the past,
inspiring the present,
shaping the future,
they ride.
25 December 2021
North East, Maryland
Learn more about the Dakota 38+2 and the 2021 Memorial Ride.
View Dakota 38, a documentary about the ride for reconciliation and hope.
A Memorial Run from Fort Snelling to Mankato also takes place on December 25-26
Filed under Antiracism, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Human Rights, Photo
26 December 2020
Walking. Germantown.
Many and Great (Dakota) – Jon Sarta
Lakota Forever – Brulé
Treaties – Frank Waln
You’re A Brave One – Joanne Shenandoah
And We Can Love – Mary Youngblood
Brave Heart – Luis Cachiguango
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Thunder Horse – Kevin Locke
Peyote Healing – Robbie Robertson, Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike
Reflections of Paha Sapa – Bryan Akipa
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Louisville, Music, playlist
Dakota 38
Thanks to my friend and colleague Irv Porter who pointed me to Dakota 38, a video about the Dakota Wokiksuye Memorial Ride remembering the 38 Dakota men hung in Mankato after the U.S.-Dakota War and working for healing and reconciliation. Check it out!
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Antiracism, Movie
Along the Graybeard Trail 