A Strange May Day

This morning's full moon is called Chanwapeto Wi, Green Grass. This year, it also happens to fall on the first day of the Gregorian month called May, and therefore on May Day, which has roots in ancient Roman and Gaelic fertility festivals and in modern times with labor activism and human rights. One hundred and thirty-three years ago today, the Midway Plaisance opened to the public at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. One of its more famous attractions was the home of Sitting Bull, the Lakotan Leader who was killed on December 15, 1890, outside the front door of his log cabin along the Grand River in North Dakota. His cabin was disassembled, shipped to Chicago, and reassembled on the Midway. You can read our column, “A Strange May Day,” by clicking here. The image above is of Sitting Bull’s cabin on the Midway, available at https://i.pinimg.com/originals/12/8f/de/128fdeb6b3c8329538f9acf1c46a90f2.jpg