Introduction / Nina M. Archabal -- The History and Peopling of Minnesota: Its Culture / Rhoda R. Gilman -- Facing Minnesota / Annette Atkins -- Minnesota, Real and Imagined: A View from the Countryside / Joseph A. Amato and Anthony Amato -- Minnesota: Nature's Playground / David A. Lanegran -- Minnesota: A Work in Progress, Shaping the Landscape and the People / John S. Adams -- Nations Within a Nation: The Dakota and Ojibwe of Minnesota / Thomas D. Peacock and Donald R. Day -- Mixing New and Old Wine in Minnesota: Spirituality, Ecumenism, and Religious Traditions in Ferment / Richard M. Chapman -- Policy and Politics in Minnesota / John E. Brandl -- The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object: Minnesota's Moralistic Political Culture Confronts Jesse Ventura / Virginia Gray and Wyman Spano -- Social Services: Minnesota as Innovator / Michael O'Keefe -- Dynamics of Corporate Philanthropy in Minnesota / Jon Pratt and Edson W. Spencer -- Theater and the Arts: A Personal Reflection / Joe Dowling -- Minnesota and the World Abroad / Robert J. White.