Dallas Ross

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Dallas Ross was born in Granite Falls, Minnesota in 1956 to Rufus and Verna Ross. He lives in Granite Falls and is enrolled as a member of the Upper Sioux Community.

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The gate opened just to show the people that the land was still there.
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Aftermath of 1862, Fort Snelling
Keywords: Fort Snelling, Spirituality
It’s probably one of the saddest places in this local area.
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Birch Coulee
Keywords: Spirits
Even in my family there were differences.
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Family in 1862, Factions, Camp Release
Keywords: Dakota Factions, Red Iron (Ma-za-sa)
A lifetime of learning for a minute of understanding.
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Fort Ridgely, Spirituality
Keywords: Spirit
They are looking there and they don’t really truly understand what happened.
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Mankato, Mankato Hangings
Keywords: Land, Mankato
Unless you have something better to offer, then you cannot judge people
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Fort Snelling
Keywords: Desecration
A place where a spirit used to be but the spirit is gone
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: Connection to Land
Topics: Dakota Land
Keywords: Camp Coldwater
Akicita
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Wood Lake, Dakota Social Structure
Keywords: Wood Lake, Warrior, Akicita
They don’t see colors in people; they just see people in people
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: Education
Topics: Dakota in White Systems, Education, Racism
Keywords: Discrimination, School
You can’t be around old Dakotas without learning about the spirituality of things.
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: Growing Up
Topics: Growing Up, Dakota Culture and Values, Spirituality, Storytelling, Christianity
Keywords: Culture, Values, Storytelling, Dakota Spirituality, Christianity
Dakota is a way of life, a manner in which you walk through this world
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: Life Today
Topics: Dakota Life Today, Dakota Identity
Keywords: Identity
“We did this in a manner that was good. Why is this happening to us?"
Dallas Ross | Oral History 		Theme: Shared History
Topics: Treaties, Spirituality, Fort Snelling
Keywords: Fort Snelling, Savage
Oral History- Interview | Narrator Dallas Ross Interviewer Deborah Locke made at Granite Falls, Upper Sioux Community, MN | Sunday, May 1, 2011

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