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Post by jones on Jan 28, 2021 0:57:41 GMT -5
More on the Eastman/Sleepy Eye family. If you can get in contact with Rolette Eastman, she should be a good source of information. www.montenews.com/news/20190926/memorial-prayer-walk-follows-path-of-chief-sleepy-eyeSeptember 26, 2019 Rolette Eastman of Sisseton, S.D., along with her extended family, have been frequent visitors to Sleepy Eye over the past several years. Eastman is a seventh generation descendent of Chief Sleepy Eye — who she calls a grandfather, while acknowledging the generations between them. She often visits the site of his burial at the Depot Museum. Eastman and her family have shared many stories with museum director Deb Joramo on their visits. Last week the group spent two nights in the Sportsmen’s Park campground as they made their way to the 47th annual Mahkato Wacipi (Pow Wow) held at Land of Memories Park in Mankato, Sept. 20, 21 and 22. The Wacipi theme is Honoring the 38 Dakota (referring to the 38 Dakota men hanged in Mankato on Dec. 26, 1862.) Eastman is a member of the Wacipi committee.
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Post by jones on Jan 31, 2021 22:09:58 GMT -5
“Is there any family living today or records i could take a look at?”
The only descendant of Chief Sleepy Eye that I a personally familiar with is Sleepy Eye LaFromboise. He was president of the student senate at Haskell Indian Nation University in Lawrence, Kansas about 35 years ago. Nowadays, he and his son, Eshtakaba, are both activists in Indian affairs. Two of Chief Sleepy Eye’s daughters were married to a French-Canadian fur trader named Joseph LaFromboise, and that is his lineage.
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