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The story of this place extends deep into the past. <br />Long before Europeans and Americans found their <br />way here, Indigenous people revered this lake and <br />the surrounding woods and prairies. It’s where <br />relatives were buried, and it’s a place that has <br />sustained life since time immemorial. <br />The City of Orono acknowledges the relationship <br />between this land and the Dakota people, today <br />and through time. <br />Detail from Map of the Territory of Minnesota, 1849, Minnesota Historical Society <br />This map of what is now east-central Minnesota was published <br />in 1849, when this lake was largely unknown to American settlers. <br />It documents many of the Dakota names by which the people <br />and places of this region were known. <br />THIS IS <br />Dakota Homeland