Oil-on-canvas painting depicting a view of Mendota from Fort Snelling, 1848. Painting by Seth Eastman. Eastman was a soldier and a painter, and his depictions of Ojibwe and Dakota people around Fort Snelling are important because of his commitment to realism instead of romanticism. Painting in MNHS collection.
This file appears in: "Where Two Waters Come Together": The Confluence of Black and Indigenous History at Bdote
This file appears in: "Where Two Waters Come Together": The Confluence of Black and Indigenous History at Bdote
"Where Two Waters Come Together": The Confluence of Black and Indigenous History at Bdote
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