We live the results of our ancestors’ choices. That is so true when it comes to the history of white men’s Manifest Destiny expansion into lands populated by native American tribes. When Columbus landed on a Caribbean Island in 1492, some five – 15 million Indian folk preceded him andhis successor exploiters of the New World.
Sometimes we get lucky. While reading in the whole volume of Minnesota Place Names from the Minnesota Historical Society for another column, I got intrigued by the various sources of the names of our counties. The original focus was the book, To Banish Forever, a history of the removal of the Ho-Chunk Winnebagos from the Mankato area. Now that I got excited about County names, that will be another column.
Memo to: Greg Ruberg, Aspiris/St. Luke’s VP
To the (Dis) Honorable Pete Stauber This is a letter from an angry constituent who is saying STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP this insanity from the current administration. You are a part of that administration and can attempt to reinstate some sanity if you can find just a shred of your spine, your morals, and your sense of right and wrong.