A place where a spirit used to be but the spirit is gone

Mr. Ross talks about Camp Coldwater.

Things to think about:

Camp Coldwater, or Coldwater Spring, is currently a center of debate for Dakota and non-Native people. See what this place means to the Dakota here: http://www.friendsofcoldwater.org/history/history.html.

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Chapter 1

DR: Camp Coldwater – a place where a spirit used to be but the spirit is gone.

DL: Tell us about the spirit that was there.

DR: A very strong spirit, one of the first. Could be terrible; could be helpful depending on the people. It just stayed there for a long time but it’s not [there] anymore. But that’s a story that you’d have to live rather than hear.

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Dallas Ross. "A place where a spirit used to be but the spirit is gone." https://www3.mnhs.org/usdakotawar/stories/contributors/dallas-ross/1102
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Oral History- Interview | Narrator Dallas Ross Interviewer Deborah Locke made at Granite Falls, Upper Sioux Community, MN | Sunday, May 1, 2011
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Citation: Minnesota Historical Society. U.S. - Dakota War of 1862. A place where a spirit used to be but the spirit is gone. May 23, 2025.