        |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION |
||
| Creator: | Wendler-Nelson, Evelyn, compiler. | |
| Title: | Papers relating to Prairie Island Indian Community, | |
| Date: | 1958-1959. | |
| Abstract: | Typescripts and photographs containing biographical and historical information on the Prairie Island Indian Community and, especially, on members of the Rouillard and Wells families who settled there beginning in the 1880s. | |
| Quantity: | 1 folder. | |
| Location: | P2314. | |
Return to the Table of Contents
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE PAPERS
Typescripts and photographs containing biographical and historical information on the Prairie Island Indian Community and, especially, on members of the Rouillard and Wells families who settled there beginning in the 1880s.
The first item is a history (2 pp.) of the Prairie Island Community related by Eliza Wells and translated by Norman Richard Campbell. It contains information on Eliza, who was born in 1879 on the Santa Fe Reservation in Nebraska; on her parents, Thomas and Julia (b. 1846) Rouillard, along with some genealogical information on Julia's family; Dakota Conflict (1862) incidents; the expulsion of the family and other Dakota to the Lower Brule in South Dakota; their return to the Santa Fe; and their move to Prairie Island (1884), where they purchased seven acres of land. The narrative is accompanied by a newsprint photo of a group of Dakota women at Prairie Island, which includes Eliza.
A very brief (1 p.) biographical sketch of Norman Campbell (b. 1932) notes his schooling at Prairie Island and Red Wing; his World War II service; and his election as president of the Prairie Island Indian Community council, including a list of 1959 council members. A photograph of Campbell accompanies the sketch.
An article by Harry Willis on the Prairie Island community, from the Red Wing Daily Republican-Eagle (June 1958) gives information on the origins of the Nebraska Santee Dakota, their expulsion from Nebraska, and the relocation of many to Prairie Island.
A list of Indian names (1 p.) contains segments dated 1863, 1864, 1873, and 1874.
A description of the 60th wedding anniversary of Solomon (b. 1877) and Eliza (Rouillard) Wells gives information on their children, Solomon's birth in Sioux Falls, and on the celebration. It is accompanied by a newpaper clipping with a photograph of the couple.
Return to the Table of Contents
INDEX TERMS |
||
| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Topics: | ||
| Dakota Indians -- Minnesota -- Prairie Island -- Government relations. | ||
| Dakota Indians -- Minnesota -- Prairie Island -- Genealogy. | ||
| Dakota Indians -- Nebraska -- Removal. | ||
| Santee Indians -- Minnesota -- Prairie Island. | ||
| Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1862-1865. | ||
| Persons: | ||
| Campbell, Norman Richard, 1932- . | ||
| Rouillard, Thomas, 1860-1937. | ||
| Wells, Eliza Rouillard, 1879- . | ||
| Wells, Solomon, 1877- . | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| Prairie Island Indian Community (Minn. : Association). | ||
| Places: | ||
| Goodhue County (Minn.). | ||
| Prairie Island Indian Reservation (Minn.). | ||
| Document Types: | ||
| Photographs. | ||
Return to the Table of Contents
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION |
||
| Preferred Citation: | ||
| [Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Evelyn Wendler-Nelson Papers Relating to the Prairie Island Indian Community. Minnesota Historical Society. | ||
| See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples | ||
| Accession Information: | ||
| Accession number: 8698 | ||
| Processing Information: | ||
| Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, September 1998 | ||
| Catalog ID number: 09-00322270 | ||
Return to the Table of Contents