Good Night Shakopee celebrates the wonderful history of our city. It highlights the landmarks, iconic businesses and attractions that make Shakopee a great place to live, work and play.

The Dakota War (1862) was a searing event in Minnesota history as well as a signal event in the lives of Dakota people. Sarah F. Wakefield was caught up in this revolt. A young doctor’s wife and the mother of two small children, Wakefield published her unusual account of the war and her captivity shortly after the hanging of thirty-eight Dakotas accused of participation in the "Sioux uprising." Among those hanged were Chaska (We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee), a Mdewakanton Dakota who had protected her and her children during the upheaval. In a distinctive and compelling voice, Wakefield blames the government for the war and then relates her and her family’s ordeal, as well as Chaska’s and his family’s help and ultimate sacrifice. This is the first fully annotated modern edition of Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees. June Namias’s extensive introduction and notes describe the historical and ethnographic background of Dakota-white relations in Minnesota and place Wakefield’s narrative in the context of other captivity narratives.

Have you ever wondered the need to understand spiritual psychology and why it is important? Spirit attachment happens on an average regular basis, occasionally without us knowing. Have you ever wondered why Native Americans participate in sweat lodge ceremonies held in the day time? Blacking out of the sun, a solar eclipse happens in the daytime allowing with ease to purify and heal from within. Creating the absolute perfect eclipse, out with the bad, in the good; The 21 August 2017 eclipse across the United States can be energy purifying when understood how to do so.