The Bell Museum was very important to my education. It allowed me to watch great film for a pittance. I grew up so extremely poor in Northeast Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota was so inexpensive at that time (the 60s). Thanks to the Bell Museum for housing the Minnesota Film Society!
Thank you for this entirely beautiful and sometimes horrifying series of episodes about the ecology of MN I wish I could have watched these a dozen years ago. 💚
I very much enjoyed this entire series. The many fond memories I have of time spent in the north woods near Ely, Buyck, Orr, and Lake Vermillion are dear to me and Iit saddens me to see so much development in that area. I get the desire to be there--it's beautiful and peaceful. But, the more people who move into the forested areas the more those very qualities will be threatened. So sad.
@@BellMuseum I'm sadly watching this last video. It makes me wonder if there is another parallel series like this for west-central Wisconsin, where I grew up. I'm ordering some White Pine and other native trees to plant this spring on the farm that has been in our family since 1911. I'm going to attempt, with my meager fixed income, some humble steps to reintroduce new (old) residents to the biome that God had blessed us all with there. It had been logged off before my grandparents farmed there. I want to put back something that will be there for future generations to maintain long after I pass on. But I have a lot to learn.
I'm a land conservationist who lives on 50 acres in a cabin, but you can't live here because you'll destroy it. No truer words were spoken by a bureaucrat.
The paper companies didn't sell their land because its so valuable, they sold it because the state took away their tax breaks that made it affordable for them and also made that land usable to the public. The state created this problem.
This series would be better if it was not so one sided. Would they say that the Hoover Dam which created Lake Meade a bad thing.? At elevation 1221.4 feet, the Lake Mead which was a result of the Hoover Dam reservoir covers about 157,900 acres or 247 square miles.
Building Hoover Dam and the forming of Lake Mead is one of thee most detrimental things ever done to the Colorado River.... Miles of beautiful side canyons and former indian sites were buried so selfish people like you could have cheap energy to build your endless, ugly subdivisions, water to waste for your golf courses, yards, and lawns.... The native fish populations has been destroyed... This long term drought that started years ago is now affecting your dream to conquer nature for your selfish use... There is also a lifespan for your Hoover dam and Glen Canyon dam. Why don't you wake up and learn about the detrimental effect of all dams in the world?? Dams are now being pulled out across the country on many rivers as the science now shows how damaging they've been for decades.... The latest dams being pulled out are on the Snake and Salmon Rivers leading into the Columbia River..... The native salmon are finally reaching their streams again to spawn after decades of decline.....
I watched all 5 episodes of "Minnesota: A History of the Land" and not once did I hear anything about the manufacture of artificial limbs with black willow wood and Minnesota was the leading manufacturing state of artificial limbs with black willow wood after the Civil War. Minnesota foresters, ecologists, etc. must all be ignorant of the riparian zone trees.
Maybe I'm just being snarky, but being a life-long Minnesotan myself I think I can say this with a hint of understanding: it's an incredible level of arrogance to be an "original owner" in an area and then fret or complain about how "newcomers" are coming in and destroying the place. It's a common entitled mindset among the Scandinavians who settled the region. Hint, you guys weren't here first, that would be the Native Americans. The rest of us have as much right as any of you to make our own way in this world. NOW, I am sympathetic to the fact that human population needs to be slowed down to preserve our Earth's beauty, but it's the modern world's technology that even allows full year round semi-comfortable survival in Minnesota and that same technology is why we have a population boom. So a system that allows settlement of the area is also critiqued by those who were fortunate enough to be able to have their family make ends meet and settle the region. I won't call it totally hypocritical, but there needs to be a healthy skepticism of the attitudes of the locals who have serious NIMBY. It's no wonder American corporations turned globalist to manufacture goods. Other than that, I love the series!
These researchers seem to be doing a lot of work trying to attain knowledge that was and still is common among indigenous peoples. It's pretty gross that they act like it's all a big mystery when everyone knows the indigenous people and their knowledge of ecological systems was systematically and purposefully destroyed for the benefit of a few rich people. That's the history of the land in Minnesota.
the real problem with fires. Are the cedar and pines release cyanide smoke when burned. So pollution and air quality suffer which then leads to increase in lung cancers. Not good. There is a increase in non smoking people getting lung cancer. This may be one of the reasons
Protect your environment for the citizens of your state. Once it's gone, bye bye. Best of luck Minnesota you are a beautiful state! ❤️🇺🇸❤️
WONDERFULLY done.... I can't believe how much I learned... enjoyable.
The Bell Museum was very important to my education. It allowed me to watch great film for a pittance. I grew up so extremely poor in Northeast Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota was so inexpensive at that time (the 60s). Thanks to the Bell Museum for housing the Minnesota Film Society!
Thank you for this lovely tribute to Minnesota. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Thank you..fantastic work..
Perfect bookend to this excellent documentary. Proud to be from “up north”. Originally from Orr, MN. ✌🏻🇺🇸
You can get a new
Where the men are men and the woman are manly
@@angelwithbrokenwings2456 yes, I can always get a new. I don’t know what it is for sure, but I know it will be new. 😉
Thank you for this entirely beautiful and sometimes horrifying series of episodes about the ecology of MN I wish I could have watched these a dozen years ago. 💚
I loved every part of this documentary. Well done.
thank you so much for a taste of home...even some footage of the old home place! I am proud to be a Minnesota Girl ❤️
Such a beautiful series and such a range of emotions. Great work! :-)
you will never be white, stop speaking english and get out of our country
Loved the series
Very good documentary. I've had to binge watch. Good to have a history of our great state 👍
I very much enjoyed this entire series. The many fond memories I have of time spent in the north woods near Ely, Buyck, Orr, and Lake Vermillion are dear to me and Iit saddens me to see so much development in that area. I get the desire to be there--it's beautiful and peaceful. But, the more people who move into the forested areas the more those very qualities will be threatened. So sad.
Watching here host its a relaxing sound of music
Great series. Loved it.
I grew up in northern Minnesota, very cool content.
I grew up near Cambridge and never heard of Lindemann
Rod Serling, my man
Rod searling doing forest fire prevention commercial… 🔥😲
Wonder where it would go from here to the modern era. If more episodes were done.
We talked about doing a "MN: A Future of the Land" but it never left pre-production!
@@BellMuseum I'm sadly watching this last video. It makes me wonder if there is another parallel series like this for west-central Wisconsin, where I grew up. I'm ordering some White Pine and other native trees to plant this spring on the farm that has been in our family since 1911. I'm going to attempt, with my meager fixed income, some humble steps to reintroduce new (old) residents to the biome that God had blessed us all with there. It had been logged off before my grandparents farmed there. I want to put back something that will be there for future generations to maintain long after I pass on. But I have a lot to learn.
I'm a land conservationist who lives on 50 acres in a cabin, but you can't live here because you'll destroy it. No truer words were spoken by a bureaucrat.
... along with the hoards of real estate developers
In Oregon if you buy 40 acres you sell 40 acres no sub dividing
The paper companies didn't sell their land because its so valuable, they sold it because the state took away their tax breaks that made it affordable for them and also made that land usable to the public. The state created this problem.
Is this from early 2000"'s?
Yep! This episode came out in 2006!
This series would be better if it was not so one sided. Would they say that the Hoover Dam which created Lake Meade a bad thing.? At elevation 1221.4 feet, the Lake Mead which was a result of the Hoover Dam reservoir covers about 157,900 acres or 247 square miles.
Building Hoover Dam and the forming of Lake Mead is one of thee most detrimental things ever done to the Colorado River.... Miles of beautiful side canyons and former indian sites were buried so selfish people like you could have cheap energy to build your endless, ugly subdivisions, water to waste for your golf courses, yards, and lawns.... The native fish populations has been destroyed... This long term drought that started years ago is now affecting your dream to conquer nature for your selfish use... There is also a lifespan for your Hoover dam and Glen Canyon dam. Why don't you wake up and learn about the detrimental effect of all dams in the world?? Dams are now being pulled out across the country on many rivers as the science now shows how damaging they've been for decades.... The latest dams being pulled out are on the Snake and Salmon Rivers leading into the Columbia River..... The native salmon are finally reaching their streams again to spawn after decades of decline.....
I watched all 5 episodes of "Minnesota: A History of the Land" and not once did I hear anything about the manufacture of artificial limbs with black willow wood and Minnesota was the leading manufacturing state of artificial limbs with black willow wood after the Civil War. Minnesota foresters, ecologists, etc. must all be ignorant of the riparian zone trees.
Man destroying the beautiful land after destroying the the Indian protectors is unconscionable and here it comes again.
Maybe I'm just being snarky, but being a life-long Minnesotan myself I think I can say this with a hint of understanding: it's an incredible level of arrogance to be an "original owner" in an area and then fret or complain about how "newcomers" are coming in and destroying the place. It's a common entitled mindset among the Scandinavians who settled the region. Hint, you guys weren't here first, that would be the Native Americans. The rest of us have as much right as any of you to make our own way in this world.
NOW, I am sympathetic to the fact that human population needs to be slowed down to preserve our Earth's beauty, but it's the modern world's technology that even allows full year round semi-comfortable survival in Minnesota and that same technology is why we have a population boom. So a system that allows settlement of the area is also critiqued by those who were fortunate enough to be able to have their family make ends meet and settle the region. I won't call it totally hypocritical, but there needs to be a healthy skepticism of the attitudes of the locals who have serious NIMBY. It's no wonder American corporations turned globalist to manufacture goods.
Other than that, I love the series!
Quit talking out of your ass people have been living in norther climates for thousands of years, modern tech has nothing to do with it.
These researchers seem to be doing a lot of work trying to attain knowledge that was and still is common among indigenous peoples. It's pretty gross that they act like it's all a big mystery when everyone knows the indigenous people and their knowledge of ecological systems was systematically and purposefully destroyed for the benefit of a few rich people. That's the history of the land in Minnesota.
the real problem with fires. Are the cedar and pines release cyanide smoke when burned. So pollution and air quality suffer which then leads to increase in lung cancers. Not good. There is a increase in non smoking people getting lung cancer. This may be one of the reasons
I'm amazed at how the land, once a hostile place, has been tamed and become a modern day oasis!
Replaying that same piano rif as part of the background music is dumb the violin one gets old too!
And Native Americans still almost absent in this series 😳 (Shame on you, conquistadors!)