About Author: Wahkon

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http://www.towahkon.org
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I am an activist who is spearheading an international movement to change the name of a Minnesota river (the Rum River) back to its sacred Dakota Indian name [Wakan], which translated means Spirit or Great Spirit.

Posts by Wahkon

by Thomas Dahlheimer Because of the instructions Columbus and his men received from two 15th century Papal Bulls, they stole the native Taino people’s land that they, in 1492, "discovered" […]

Genocidal Maniac Christopher Columbus

by Thomas Dahlheimer Because of the instructions Columbus and his men received from two 15th century Papal Bulls, they stole the native Taino people’s land that they, in 1492, "discovered" […]

Written by Aimee Loiselle In June, two Dakota youth from Minneapolis participated in a Healthy Nations canoe trip down the Wakan Wakpa (Sacred River), also known as the Rum River. […]

A scouting party for the future: canoeing the Wakan Wakpa

Written by Aimee Loiselle In June, two Dakota youth from Minneapolis participated in a Healthy Nations canoe trip down the Wakan Wakpa (Sacred River), also known as the Rum River. […]

By Thomas Dahlheimer The Dakota people are starting to return to their traditional/ancestral homelands. I believe that the annual "Wapasha Prairie/Dakota Homecoming and Gathering" in Winona, Minnesota and also the […]

Dakota Human Rights Violations In Anoka, Minnesota

By Thomas Dahlheimer The Dakota people are starting to return to their traditional/ancestral homelands. I believe that the annual "Wapasha Prairie/Dakota Homecoming and Gathering" in Winona, Minnesota and also the […]

by Thomas Dahlheimer On the 4th of July, most of us, being in agreement with our nation’s founding fathers’ 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence, celebrated Independence Day. The […]

Independent Indigenous Sovereign Nations

by Thomas Dahlheimer On the 4th of July, most of us, being in agreement with our nation’s founding fathers’ 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence, celebrated Independence Day. The […]

by Thomas Dahlheimer   On May 9, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Brazil for his first visit as pope to Latin America, where more than half of all Catholics […]

Pope’s remarks whitewashed the genocide of Indigenous Peoples

by Thomas Dahlheimer   On May 9, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Brazil for his first visit as pope to Latin America, where more than half of all Catholics […]

By Thomas Dahlheimer In response to a message about my movement to change the name of Minnesota’s Rum River, a message that was sent to Gene Amondson, the 2008 Presidential […]

Prohibition Party’s interest in Rum River name-change movement

By Thomas Dahlheimer In response to a message about my movement to change the name of Minnesota’s Rum River, a message that was sent to Gene Amondson, the 2008 Presidential […]

Evil doctrine   On June 17, Indigenous Peoples Literature (IPL) posted an (online) article of mine titled “Proposals to heal the genocidal wounds of indigenous peoples.” In the article, I […]

Evil Doctrine – Commentary by Tom D.

Evil doctrine   On June 17, Indigenous Peoples Literature (IPL) posted an (online) article of mine titled “Proposals to heal the genocidal wounds of indigenous peoples.” In the article, I […]

Video’s of the Dakota’s Wakan/”Rum” River Watershed traditional/ancestral homeland (1.) The mouth of the Wakan/”Rum” River. This sacred Dakota river flows out of Wakan/”Mille Lacs” Lake. The Dakota call this […]

Videos of Wakan River/ancestral homeland

Video’s of the Dakota’s Wakan/”Rum” River Watershed traditional/ancestral homeland (1.) The mouth of the Wakan/”Rum” River. This sacred Dakota river flows out of Wakan/”Mille Lacs” Lake. The Dakota call this […]

Mdewakanton Rights Activist InitiativesBy Thomas Dahlheimer I am a Mdewakanton Dakota rights activist with several Mille Lacs Lake area initiatives. The Mille Lacs Lake area is the sacred ancestral homeland […]

Mdewakanton Rights Activist Initiatives

Mdewakanton Rights Activist InitiativesBy Thomas Dahlheimer I am a Mdewakanton Dakota rights activist with several Mille Lacs Lake area initiatives. The Mille Lacs Lake area is the sacred ancestral homeland […]

From Wakan Solving The Alcohol Abuse EpidemicBy Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer In a Minnesota country newspaper article, subtitled: “300 gather to note the toll by alcohol abuse”, Melvin Eagle, the hereditary […]

Solving The Alcohol Abuse Epidemic

From Wakan Solving The Alcohol Abuse EpidemicBy Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer In a Minnesota country newspaper article, subtitled: “300 gather to note the toll by alcohol abuse”, Melvin Eagle, the hereditary […]