Category Archives: Catherine Tatidutawin

Life of a Legend – The Story of Jane Smith Williamson – Part XIV

Posted on August 22, 2019 by lois

The exile of the Dakota from Minnesota began in April of 1863 when approximately 265 men who had been in prison in Mankato, were taken by steamboat to Davenport, Iowa, where they were to serve out their sentences along with … Continue reading →

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Life of a Legend – The Story of Jane Smith Williamson – Part X

Posted on November 24, 2017 by lois

The ten years that Jane spent at Pejutazee, from 1852-1862, were perhaps her most successful in terms of teaching. The annual reports to the A.B.C.F.M. are glowing with stories of the number of students who were doing well and how … Continue reading →

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Life of a Legend – The Story of Jane Smith Williamson – Part III

Posted on September 10, 2016 by lois

Jane Williamson didn’t come to the Dakota mission at Lac qui Parle as a missionary. Her intention was to stay one or two years to help Thomas and Margaret with their children and teach her nieces and nephews and the … Continue reading →

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Tatidutawin – A True Dakota Soul Sister – Part II

Posted on March 26, 2013 by lois

By the summer of 1851, Catherine, now sixty years old and widowed, took great pleasure in studying the Bible and reading everything she could find that was written in the Dakota language. Fanny Huggins, who had known Catherine since 1839, … Continue reading →

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Tatidutawin – A True Dakota Soul Sister – Part I

Posted on February 21, 2013 by lois

The women I’ve talked about so far in Dakota Soul Sisters were white women who came to the Dakota mission, starting in 1835. I’ve offered their stories chronologically in terms of when they arrived in Minnesota. It was always my … Continue reading →

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