NEW ULM — Brown County Historical Society’s Lunch and a Bite of History series brought author Corinne L. Monjeau-Marz to New Ulm to share her insights into her work as an independent researcher and historian.

Her work over many decades led to writing and publishing a book “The Dakota Indian Internment at Fort Snelling, 1862-1864.”

Monjeau-Marz lives in Cottage Grove, Minnesota and is a descendant of French-Canadian, German & English immigrants as well as Mdewakanton Dakota, Ojibwe, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) First Nations and “Métis,” or mixed blood ancestors. Much of the focus of her research relates to early explorers and their experiences connecting with Indigenous People in Turtle Island (North America) primarily associated with early portage and fur trade routes.

The connection to New Ul

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