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Boundary Waters Canoe Area
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) is one of the state’s most beautiful and controversial natural resources. Approximately 1.3 million acres within the Superior National Forest, it extends nearly 150 miles along the international boundary adjacent to Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park and Voyageur National Park. The question of how to manage the area is a constant conversation between environmentalists and the tourism industry.

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Nominator:
Ryan Blaisdell
Lutsen, MN

“After the Wilderness Act of 1964 was created, it took 14 years to create the Boundary Waters Act of 1978. In those 14 years, both advocates of wilderness designation and those opposed battled relentlessly for their causes. Groups were formed and many national politicians became involved in the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness’s final creation. Today, the BWCAW is a place to find solitude and peace for 250,000 people annually. It is the largest protected wilderness east of the Rockies.”

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Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc
Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc is a community of people dedicated to the preservation and promotion of indigenous Mexican culture, ceremonies, dance, history and traditions. This image is an Aztec designed headdress used in dance ceremonies.

Nomination: “Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc has helped to maintain and grow new Latino celebrations, traditions, and cultures in Minnesota and the Midwest. As the first Aztec dance group in Minnesota, and the first traditional Aztec dance circle in the Midwest, DMC has brought the face of indigenous Mexico to the front of the Latino community. DMC has been an open and accessible alternative for Twin Cities Latino youth and adults. DMC’s members are committed to making all Latino youth proud of their ancestry and who they are.”

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Verne Gagne
Verne Gagne's succesful wrestling career at the University of Minnesota was just the beginning. He turned pro in 1949, and through the new medium of television, became a national sports star by the 1950s, capturing several heavyweight titles and becoming one of the nation's highest-paid wrestlers. In 1960, Gagne formed the American Wrestling Association as a promotional vehicle for his sport-and, overnight, became its biggest star. By the time he retired in 1981 Gagne had won 10 World Heavyweight Championship titles.

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First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment
On April 13, 1861, just one day after the start of the Civil War, Minnesota Governor Alexander Ramsey volunteered 1,000 men to defend the nation. The First Minnesota fought a number of battles but is best remembered for its role at Gettysburg. In two grueling days the group of 259 soldiers saw 233 men killed or wounded but their sacrifice played a significant part in breaking the momentum of the Confederacy. Union forces won at Gettysburg, and the battle changed the course of the Civil War. This is a reunion photo taken of the regiment at the Minnesota Soldiers Home in 1905.

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Nominator:
Todd Carlsen
Eden Prairie

“The First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first in the nation to answer President Abraham Lincoln's call for troops in 1861, and they courageously served with great distinction. The 262 men of the First Minnesota played a heroic but tragic role at the Battle of Gettysburg. 82 percent of the First Minnesota men were killed or wounded at Gettysburg--the highest casualty rate of the war.”

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Hubert H. Humphrey
In 1948, Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey became a voice to be reckoned with by urging the Democratic Party to add civil rights to its party platform. Later that year he became the first Democrat from Minnesota elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1964 Lyndon Johnson chose him as his running mate. He narrowly lost the race for president in 1968. He returned to Minnesota, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1970, and served there until his death in 1978.

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Nominator:
Walter F. Mondale
Minneapolis

“Hubert Humphrey was one of America’s truly transformational leaders. Enormously talented and inspired, he aroused our isolationist state to become fully involved and informed about the world. He was at the center of the great civil rights revolution--tragically delayed for 300 years--transforming America into what he described as the bright sunshine of human rights. He transformed the commitment of the federal government during the high tide of American social reform to enact a vast array of measures to protect our environment, enhance job safety and pension security, Medicare and Medicaid, federal aid to public education, higher educational student assistance, national arts and humanities foundations, the anti-poverty program, the national science foundations, the national institutes of health, and a wide range of other reforms.” “Hubert’s inspiration and genius transformed the public life of Minnesota and the nation. Hubert became the most influential and powerful political leader in our state’s history.”

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Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Earning the military rank “Sister” while serving with the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War I, Sister Kenny is widely known for developing a revolutionary program of massage and exercise that helped restore polio patients’ strength and mobility. In 1940 she made her way to Rochester and the Mayo Clinic, then Minneapolis. It was there that her methods gained credibility and where the Sister Kenny Institute was established in 1942.

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Nominator:
Elisabeth Ferrell, CSJ
St. Paul

“Because of her work with polio, Sister Kenny saved so many people from an early death and from a lifelong time of being crippled.”

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Munsingwear
To survive a Minnesota winter, it’s what’s underneath that counts. Minneapolis-based Munsingwear designed and manufactured high quality, comfortable undergarments for men, boys and women from 1886-1986. They also made promotional items like this stars and stripes bra and panty set, which is in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.

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Nominator:
Linda McShannock
St. Paul

“Munsingwear was a Minneapolis-based designer, importer, manufacturer, marketer, and licenser of branded apparel for men, boys, and women. The company was for many years famous for its union suits, an undergarment consisting of an undershirt and underdrawers combined in a single garment. The company was also said to be the originator of the classic golf shirt.  It was in operation in Minneapolis from 1886 to 1986.”

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Olympic Hockey Team, 1980
Do you believe in miracles? “The Miracle on Ice,” the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team’s victory over the heavily favored Soviet Union, remains one of those memorable moments that transcends sports history. Composed mostly of college-aged players, 12 of them from Minnesota, the U.S. team won a hard fought victory over the Soviets 4-3 and went on to defeat Finland for the gold medal.

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Nominator:
Brian Weber
Brainerd

"In 1980, as an eight-year-old hockey player, I did not know that hockey was not the center of the universe, and that playing for the U.S. Olympic team was not the highest honor that could possibly be achieved in the entire world." "I watched those games lying on the floor about a foot away from the TV. Nothing else I have witnessed has been so completely mesmerizing, satisfying, and above all motivating. From my viewpoint, one foot from the TV screen, in Virginia, Minnesota, on Minnesota's Iron Range, the universe was in focus."

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Bradford Parkinson
Who knew a man from Minnesota was to thank for getting the world from point A to point B? Bradford Parkinson was the chief architect of GPS, the global positioning system, which uses satellite signals to locate, with great accuracy, specific places on earth.

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Nominator:
Brenda Parkinson Hauschild
Shorewood

“Bradford W. Parkinson, known as the chief architect of GPS (global positioning system) was raised in southwest Minneapolis and is a 1952 graduate of Breck School. Recognized and honored throughout the world, he was responsible from program start to space operation for the satellite based, worldwide navigation system known as NAVSTAR GPS. His contribution to engineering has been immense not only in Minnesota--including farming, boating, hiking, construction, communications, and yes, catching car thieves--but throughout the universe.”

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Powwows
The American Indian powwow is a tradition that has not only endured but also flourished in the midst of change. Nominator Brenda Child, an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians explains: “Powwows can be joyous events or very solemn, depending on the occasion, but they are always about cultural survival.” This image is from a summer Wacipi “powwow” at Prairie Island Indian Community.

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Powwow
Nominator:
Brenda Child
Minneapolis

“Powwow is an Algonquin word used by Minnesota Ojibwes and many other tribal nations historically and today to describe social gatherings that emphasize song and dance. Minnesota Ojibwes are known throughout Indian Country for their great tradition of song, reflected in contemporary drum groups such as Eyabay, or the music of the older Kingbird Singers, both of Red Lake. Powwows are events that bring Indians together, and Dakota and Ojibwe people have a long tradition of cultural borrowing and intertribal socialization in Minnesota.” “Powwows combine elements of tradition and innovation to serve the needs of the Indian community. Powwows can be joyous events or very solemn, depending on the occasion, but they are always about cultural survival.”

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Prince
He’s credited with inspiring the “Minneapolis Sound” – a mix of funk, rock, R&B and New Wave that fueled his career as well as those of other Minneapolis musicians, including Sheila E., The Time, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and Morris Day. Prince’s style has been widely imitated, influencing everyone from George Michael to Janet Jackson to D’Angelo to Outkast. The suit worn by Prince in the 1984 movie Purple Rain is in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.

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Nominator:
Jenn Mattson
Moorhead

“Prince had a streak of successful musical events in the 80s that influenced and shaped generations of Minnesotans. First, by introducing a sound and style of blues and dance music combined with sexy lyrics and undertones that were disguised in a string of chart-topping, catchy pop tunes. His music and performances made people get dressed up on Saturday nights to go out and dance; his venue of choice, First Avenue. At his peak of popularity he starred in the semi-autobiographical film "Purple Rain," which chronicled both his music and his home state of Minnesota. The locations used in this film became tourist attractions and in many cases were reborn, contributing to a more active society and thriving tourism in and for Minnesota.”

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