This 67-ton limestone sculpture stands in Reconciliation Park. It symbolizes the spiritual survival of the Dakota People and honors the area’s Dakota heritage. The park is the site of the largest mass hanging in U.S. history
Public poetry in Mankato & I’m in, again » Mankato Poetry Walk, #4952 buffalo at Reconciliation Park
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
On Thanksgiving, I’m honoring the lives lost here some 160 years ago.
Alicia, thank you for honoring the Dakota who were lost their lives in Mankato in December 1862. I recently visited, and photographed, this site. A post will be forthcoming eventually.