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Pipestone quarry, at the town of Pipestone, Minnesota.

Pipestone quarry, at the town of Pipestone, Minnesota in 1894. In the center with white gloves Big Thunder (John Wakerman), a Santee Sioux

Different Native American people carve sacred pipes from the pipestone quarries in Pipestone, MN. These pipes are used for spiritual as well as commercial use by different people.

George Catlin's painting of the pipestone quarries in Minnesota in 1836

The American Indian Religious Freedom Act guarantees Native American people the right to, "believe, express, and exercise the
traditional religions of the American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, and Native
Hawaiians, including but not limited to access to…

The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 treated American Indians as individuals instead of members of tribes and emphisized assimilation.

Pastor Steve Delzer tells his recolection of how Wal Reat first came to Nile Our Savior's Church in Faribault, MN

Map of Sudan and South Sudan

United States Refugee Act of 1980

A map of Sudan with Nasir highlighted