
DENNIS BANKS, 70, ANISHINABE, TO BRING IN MILLENNIUM AT HISTORIC SITE WITH TORCH RUN
TORCH RUN TO END AT BATTLE POINT, SITE OF THE LAST RECORDED WAR BETWEEN NATIVE PEOPLE AND US MILITARY
DENNIS BANKS 70, ANISHINABE WILL DIRECT NATIVE CEREMONIES ON DEC 31st, NEW YEARS EVE, AT BATTLE POINT
MINNESOTA, THE SITE WHERE U.S. MILITARY TROOPS FOUGHT THE LAST RECORDED WAR, IN 1890, BETWEEN THE US AND NATIVE PEOPLE. HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING CEREMONIES WILL BE THE FIRST ANNUAL 'TORCH RUN' FROM THE ANISHINABE TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS AT CAS LAKE MINNESOTA, TO BATTLE POINT ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF LEECH LAKE, A DISTANCE OF 36.8 MILES.
DENNIS BANKS SAID " EMMET EASTMAN, 68, DAKOTA WILL CARRY THE TORCH THE FIRST 5 MILES". BANKS WILL CARRY THE TORCH SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE 36 MILE RUN. " ALL RUNNERS', HE SAID 'ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MOST HISTORIC RUN" "FROM ONE CENTURY TO THE NEXT', BANKS SAID, 'WILL BE THE THEME OF THE RUN FOCUSING ON THE CONTINUING OF TRIBAL CULTURES." THE RUN WILL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR SOBRIETY, AND CLEAN LIVING,
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10TH ANNUAL
GATHERING OF THE SACRED PIPES SUNDANCE
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AUGUST 11-20,2000
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