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Joseph Renville

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Gender Male
Born Kaposia
Date of died March 18,1846
DiedMinnesota
United States
BooksDakota Dowanpi Kin
FoundedColumbia Fur Company
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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Joseph Renville Life story


Joseph Renville was an interpreter, translator, expedition guide, Canadian officer in the War of 1812, founder of the Columbia Fur Company, and an important figure in dealings between white men and Dakota Indians in Minnesota. He contributed to the translation of Christian religious texts into the Dakota language.

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