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WINONA (2007)

The name "Wenona" means "first-born daughter" in Dakota language . It is an extremely feminine and prestigious name, and has particular meaning to Marilyn and me because we are from Winona on the Mississippi.

Wenona is the central figure in the Lover´s Leap Dakota legend concerning Maiden Rock on the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin (a widening in the Upper Mississippi River). There are several variations of the story. Her father is generally said to be Chief Wapasha of a village identified as Keoxa, now known as Winona, Minnesota. Rather than marry a suitor she does not love, she chooses to leap from the cliff of Maiden Rock to her death. Who the suitor is depends on the version of the tale.

While the Upper Mississippi version of the legend is the most prominent, there are sites with variations on this legend. Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi writes: "There are fifty Lover´s Leaps along the Mississippi from whose summit disappointed Indian girls have jumped."

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PILGRIM MAN AND WOMAN (2005)

In 1620 the Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth, England for the New World on a ship called the Mayflower. The long trip was cold and damp and took 65 days. Although they had first sighted land off Cape Cod they did not settle until they arrived at Plymouth. That year the Pilgrims endured many hardships in a strange land.

An Indian brave walked into the Plymouth settlement in 1621. Squanto taught the Pilgrims about native plants and how to use them. The harvest that October was very successful and the Pilgrims found themselves with enough food to put away for the winter. The Pilgrims had much to celebrate, they had built homes in the wilderness, they had raised enough crops to keep them alive during the long winter, they were at peace with their Indian neighbors. They had beaten the odds and it was time to celebrate.

Pilgrim Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of Thanksgiving to be shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native Americans. This was the first Thanksgiving in America.

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