10. Describe the upcoming exhibit about the war at the Minnesota History Center and the Truth Recovery project.

 
Beginning June 30, a new exhibit called “The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862” will offer visitors the opportunity to view documents, images and artifacts relating to the war. The exhibit will incorporate multiple points of view on the war, what led up to it and what followed. Visitors will be encouraged to look closely at the primary sources in the exhibit and to draw their own conclusions about what happened and why. Visitors will have opportunities to add their own comments and reactions to the ongoing interpretation of this critical point in Minnesota history.
 
Exhibit development is one aspect of the “Truth Recovery Project,” a process through which Society staff members are meeting with descendants of those touched by the war, both Dakota and settler descendants. Meeting participants are taking an active role in shaping the exhibit by discussing the significance and interpretation of artifacts and primary sources from the Society’s collections. The “Truth Recovery Project” is inspired by Healing Through Remembering, a group that deals with the legacy of conflict in Belfast, Northern Ireland.