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| I am spending a couple of weeks exploring Shakopee. I walked to the historic district from my hotel to visit the library and to look around. |
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| Today I visit the Hokokata Ti Bultural Center which is near the Mystic Lake Casino. Admission was only five dollars. The museum was well done. There was some writing but not too much. Videos and audio information was interspersed. I was lucky. Today they were having a "language bowl." Students from around the area came here to participate. There were 42 teams. |
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| Teams sat around the tables. One team asked questions in native language and the other team answered the questions. The docent who gave me an introduction said they have only one person left who spoke Dakota as a first language. For the rest of them, Dakota is their second language. During the lunch break I listened to some drumming and singing. This room is usually closed to the public. The room is used for tribal government functions as well. |
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