From Seven Rivers to Ten Thousand Lakes

Minnesota's Indian American Community Author Preeti Mathur, Foreword by Dr. S. K. Dash Minnesota Historical Society Press (October 15, 2019)   From the subcontinent to the North Star State, Minnesota’s Indian Americans—engineers and doctors, teachers and entrepreneurs, artists and chefs—enrich their new homeland with a vibrant cultural legacy. Description Immigrants from the Indian subcontinent have been coming to Minnesota for more than half a century, and today more than forty thousand people of Indian descent live in the state, contributing to a wide variety of professional, educational, and cultural fields. Drawing on historical and cultural legacies from their ancestral home, first-, second-, and third-generation Indian Americans have played significant roles in shaping Minnesota’s community and culture. Through personal stories and vivid photographs, From Seven Rivers to Ten Thousand Lakes offers an overview of the Indian people and the conditions that have spurred immigration to