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{{Short description|Location in Minneapolis, Minnesota considered the center of the universe in Dakota tradition}}
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Bdóte (Romanized: Bdote[pronunciation?]; English: place where two waters meet; lit. ‘confluence’) is a significant Dakota sacred landscape where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers meet, encompassing Pike Island, Fort Snelling, Coldwater Spring and Indian Mounds Park and surrounding areas where present-day Minneapolis and St Paul reside. According to Dakota oral tradition, it is the site of creation; the interconnectedness between the rivers, earth and sky are important to the Dakota worldview and the site maintains its significance to the Dakota people.
It is an important location in the history of European colonization of the region, including the 1805 Treaty of St. Peters with the Dakota people and the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters with the Ojibwe. After the Dakota War of 1862, it was the location of the concentration camp of the Dakota people before they were exiled from Minnesota. A depreciated spelling is Mdote.[1] The cities of Mendota and Mendota Heights, Minnesota, which are part of Bdote, take their names from the Dakota name for the region.[2]
In recent years, there has been a growing movement to recognize and protect Bdote as a sacred place.
Etymology[edit]
In Dakota language bdote can refer to any place where two bodies of water converge and can be translated as the “mouth” of a body of water.[3] A depreciated spelling is mdote.[1]
Dakota worldview[edit]
There are numerous creation stories within the Dakota communities that define their relationships with the land and the stars above, which includes the sacred sites in Bdote.[4] In one version, the Big Dipper represents the seven bands of the Dakota and Lakota, collectively known as the Oceti Sakowin.[5] Another told by Gwen Westerman states the Dakota came from Orion’s Belt and through the Creator, they walked Caŋku Wanagi, the “spirit road” (Milky Way), and arrived at Bdote and would spread out to establish the sacred sites in the surround areas.[6]
At Bdote, two bluffs called Caṡḳe Taŋka and Caṡḳe Cistiŋna opened up the earth. The Creator used mud between the bluffs to form the first Dakota man and woman. The earth is called Ina for “mother” because it is where Dakota people came from.[cite 1] Ṡuŋġi (Dakota elder Reverend Gary Cavender) further explains,…
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