MAGE Weekend Field Experience - The Dakota Conflict of 1862

(This itinerary is tentative. Details will be added as field stops are secured.)

SATURDAY, MAY 20TH

Departure: 8:00 a.m. from the Gideon Pond House in Bloomington, MN

Travel to St. Peter and Mankato with stops along the way; New Ulm and the Lower Sioux Agency

Arrive at Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel for evening accommodations.

SUNDAY, MAY 21ST

Fort Ridgely

Birch Coulee

Return: Arrive at the Gideon Pond House at approximately 1:30 p.m for presenation by Dr. Bruce David Forbes, Professor of Religious Studies, Morningside College -- "Evangelization and Acculturation Among the Santee Dakota Indians, 1834-1862"