Confront the Images of the Past – The Volante

Confront the Images of the Past – The Volante

I was not a person who was educated about Native Americans and their history growing up. In fact, the Trail of Tears was the only piece of native history that I remember discussing in school.  When picking an honors seminar for this spring semester, I chose a class called Writing the Name of War: The Dakota War of 1862 in History and Memory.  I didn’t necessarily pick the class because I was interested in the content. I chose the class because i…