European fur trappers and explorers would often ask residents what a lake or river was called. Kate Beane is not sure if some titles are names, directions to a place or descriptions of food found there. As Europeans settled in large numbers they often changed those names. Beane said the renaming is just part of the larger process of erasing Native culture. That’s reflected in how many Dakota names are mispronounced or anglicized.
European fur trappers and explorers would often ask residents what a lake or river was called. Kate Beane is not sure if some titles are names, directions to a place or descriptions of food found there. As Europeans settled in large numbers they often changed those names. Beane said the renaming is just part of the larger process of erasing Native culture. That’s reflected in how many Dakota names are mispronounced or anglicized.
European fur trappers and explorers would often ask residents what a lake or river was called. Kate Beane is not sure if some titles are names, directions to a place or descriptions of food found there. As Europeans settled in large numbers they often changed those names. Beane said the renaming is just part of the larger process of erasing Native culture. That’s reflected in how many Dakota names are mispronounced or anglicized.
European fur trappers and explorers would often ask residents what a lake or river was called. Kate Beane is not sure if some titles are names, directions to a place or descriptions of food found there. As Europeans settled in large numbers they often changed those names. Beane said the renaming is just part of the larger process of erasing Native culture. That’s reflected in how many Dakota names are mispronounced or anglicized.
European fur trappers and explorers would often ask residents what a lake or river was called. Kate Beane is not sure if some titles are names, directions to a place or descriptions of food found there. As Europeans settled in large numbers they often changed those names. Beane said the renaming is just part of the larger process of erasing Native culture. That’s reflected in how many Dakota names are mispronounced or anglicized.