What: Heritage Event
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2022
Place: Dupuis House, Sibley Historic Site
1357 Sibley Memorial Highway
Mendota, Minnesota
Time: 2 to 5 p.m. Cost: $20.00
Jane Hayden-Hart will share her findings about the 1855-56 “Sioux Affidavits” which were taken by commissioners H.H. Johnson and William Ashley Jones from persons attempting to establish mixed-blood status in order to receive benefits from the treaty signed at Prairie du Chien in 1830. Jane has been researching her maternal Coursolle family history for over 15 years, with her great-great-grandfather Joseph Coursolle being a principal subject. Family and social connections were
explored in the research for this presentation which greatly added to her family’s knowledge of their French/Dakota heritage.
Jane Hayden-Hart is an independent researcher who has a bachelor’s degree in Information Management from St. Catherine University. She lives in Red Wing, Minnesota with her husband Charles.
French-Canadian Music by Philippe Gallandat
