Memory, Time, History on Lake of the Woods

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The messiness of memory, time, and history
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Settling Namaypoke's estate in 1955
after the last two parcels remaining from the original 1905 allotment sold
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The rest of Namaypoke's Allotment
was sold in 1955
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An extension on Namaypoke's allotment
+ easements = heirs couldn't sell land but it could be taken
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Estate of Namaypoke (1840-1916)
What happened to the remaining land in his allotment
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What happened to Namaypoke's land
after he received allotment in 1905
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Claims on Namaypoke's land
and an amended allotment application
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Moosylvania and the campaign of '62
Warroad dentist leased Lake of the Woods island to Bullwinkle producer
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Naymaypoke's great-grandson adds missing piece
Roy Jones grew up in the house built for Naymaypoke
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John Richard Kakaygeesick
November 4, 1951 - September 26, 2024
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Bullwinkle of Moosylvania
The iconic cartoon character came from Lake of the Woods
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Marguerite Bonga
A Minnesota Matriarch
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Memory, Time, History on Lake of the Woods
Memory, Time, History on Lake of the Woods
Join me for a weekly glimpse into researching why the great-grandchildren of Kakaygeesick, were dispossessed of their ancestral homeland and what that has to do with me, a white woman whose great-grandparents homesteaded on Lake of the Woods.
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