Role of the Episcopal Church in the Minnesota Dakota and Ojibwe Removal (via Zoom)

February 6, 6:30-8:00pm (Central Time)

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This is the story of Bishop Henry B. Whipple’s ministry at the time of the genocide of the Dakota and Ojibwe during his episcopacy. Bishop Whipple gained a reputation as a humanitarian and advocate of the Native Americans. He championed their cause because of what he saw as abusive and corrupt policy against the Native Americans. He was referred to as “straight tongue” by the Dakota due to his honesty in dealing with them. Bishop Whipple is best known for his clemency pleas in favor of the Dakota Sioux who fought against the U.S. Government in the U.S./Dakota War of 1862.

Father Ben Scott is an Episcopal priest whose family homesteaded land near Rock Dell, with land patents issued in 1861 under Abraham Lincoln. Immediately, the Dakota were removed from their tribal lands. He, his wife, and their family, live on that land now.

He received Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church in 1960, and served in rural and urban congregations in Minnesota and New York City. Before retiring in 2000, he was the Bishop’s Archdeacon in Southern Minnesota.

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