Descendants of Lakota leader Sinte Gleska and an Army colonel will meet on Saturday and Sunday to dedicate an exhibit to Mni Akuwin, the 17-year-old daughter of Sinte Gleska who urged friendly relations between Indians and whites.

The exhibit will be located at the Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Wyoming. The National Park Service will reinter Mni Akuwin's remains at the fort in a reenactment of her Indian/Christian burial, a unique event at the time of her death in 1866.

Although Sinte Gleska, a leader of the Burnt Thigh Lakotas, was a renowned warrior, Mni Akuwin swayed him to make peace with whites. She also persuaded Col. Henry A. Maynadier to seek friendlier relations with tribes.

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Peacemakers from the past (The Casper Star-Tribune 6/24)
MNI AKUWIN EXHIBIT DEDICATION & 156th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (National Park Service June 2005)