MINNESOTA FRENCH FACTS

- Courtesy of the Minnesota Secretary of State website -
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/flag.html

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Minnesota is the NORTH STAR STATE / l'étoile du nord

State Seal Courtesy of the Minnesota Secretary of State website
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/seal.html

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French-connected Sesquicentennial Activities in Minnesota

St. Paul's Immersion School l'Étoile du Nord
presented an original play: "Kaposia" - January 25 & 26, 2008

The Minnesota Chapter AATF co-sponsored the writing and printing
of a 16 page booklet by Patricia Mougel, presented as a "cadeau de sesquicentenaire"
to all who attended the chapter's April 18, 2008 Annual Dinner Meeting
held at the Mn Humanities Center in Minnesota's capital city, St. Paul.

l'Héritage français et franco-canadien dans le Wisconsin et le Minnesota (1634-1841);
Les représentants de la couronne royale, aventuriers, explorateurs et missionaires.
order info [.pdf].

AATF Minnesota French Facts Packet -

Courtesy of National AATF Vice-President, Prof. Robert Peckham -- August 2006 Revision

January 2007 Minnesota Businesses Languages Preferences
Article Extract

Les Français d'Amérique
Sponsored by AFAM & CODOFIL
(Alliance Franco-Américaine du Midwest & Conseil pour le Développement du Français en Louisiane)
French in America Calendar images & info 1985-2002

See particularly:

Sept. 1989 Paul Granlund monument to Joseph-Nicolas Nicollet
at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter MN- donated by Dr. Melva Lind -
(author of l'Âme Indienne - Gustavus Adolphus Professor, and longtime AATF and Alliance française doyenne).


May, 1995 Members of the Northern Pacific Expedition, 1869 - Mn Historical Society
- commentary by Dick Bernard, la Société française canadienne du Midwest

French history in our region and in the US - Dick Bernard
[coordinator of the ongoing email list for the now defunct La Societe Canadienne-Francaise of Upper Midwest]

French History Commentaries - Juillet, 2008

Série d'articles au sujet de l'influence francophone dans l'histoire de notre état et de sa région

No 1: Catholicisme dans le Midwest: Lucien Galtier
et l'origine du nom de la capitale du Minnesota   

No 2: Les Wallons du Wisconsin   

No 3: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur duLhut   

No 4: Pierre Le Sueur   

No 5: Jacques Marquette    

Patricia Mougel, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Dept. of French and Italian
REFLETS de l'étoile du nord

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Sur la Piste des Voyageurs*

Curriculum project created in the Carla Institute 2000-01 CoBaLTT program by:

Maureen Curran-Dorsano, Normandale French Immersion Elementary School

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*[[ mp3 replacement for the invalid song link at the very end of the Sur la Piste des Voyageurs website.
Cest l'aviron...info
Source: Canoe Songs website: http://www.canoesongs.ca/index.php ]]

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Dick Bernard's La Société Mn French Connections Info page

Reflects the story of La Société Canadienne-francaise du Minnesota (1979-2001)

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Initiatives in French Midwest

A developing website endeavor by Virgil Benoit, French professor & Mn/ND métis heritage scholar,
who lives in Minnesota and teaches at the University of North Dakota

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Send comments to the AATF-MN Advocacy Rep. & Web Site Coordinator.

MnAATF website URL - http://mnaatf.org/1d.htm
created: July 17, 2005                                 last updated: 14 juillet, 2008