Dean Blue

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Dean Blue was born near Granite Falls in 1927 to Harriet and Fred Blue. Dean lives in Granite Falls, Minnesota.

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We lost every acre, and we weren’t even involved in the war.
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Aftermath of 1862, Abraham Lincoln, Punitive Expeditions
Keywords: Bounty, Scalping, Upper Sioux
We made a pact, and you’re not paying it.
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Treaties, Dakota Land
Keywords: Treaties, Annuity, Acton, Starvation, Land
I didn’t really care to even be seen there.
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Fort Snelling
Keywords: Fort Snelling
All they could see was Indians fighting whites, and yet at the same time, they didn’t know why
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Perspectives on 1862, New Ulm
Keywords: Accuracy, New Ulm
It’s written by white folks. None if it is ever written by Dakota.
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Ways of Commemorating, Perspectives on 1862, Camp Release, Wood Lake
Keywords: Accuracy, Camp Release, Wood Lake
We Dakotas for some reason, were always drawn back to where we were born and raised; we’re drawn back.
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: Connection to Land
Topics: Dakota Land
Keywords: Home
I wish I had a list of all the things that the Dakota initiated
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: Cultural Contributions to U.S.
Topics: Dakota Culture and Values
Keywords: Medicine
“If you want to speak to me, speak to me in my language, or your language.”
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: Education
Topics: Growing Up, Dakota Language, Dakota in White Systems, School Subjects, Military, Travel
Keywords: English Language, Dakota Language
We never got one red cent from the state or the U.S. Government to start the casinos
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: Life Today
Topics: Dakota Life Today, Casinos, U.S. Government
Keywords: Casino, Subsidies
It happened in this country, too, but you never hear that, never
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: Shared History
Topics: Genocide
Keywords: Greed, Lying
The more they let them in, the more they wanted.
Dean Blue | Oral History 		Theme: Shared History
Topics: Treaties, Dakota Land, Repatriation, Minnesota River Valley
Keywords: Homeland, Japan, Germany, Iran
Oral History- Interview | Narrator Dean Blue Interviewer Deborah Locke, Made in Granite Falls, Upper Sioux Community, MN | Wednesday, April 27, 2011

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