![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Accepted and proclaimed as truth, the story of the Rune Stone recast Native Americans as villains. The tale’s credibility was quickly challenged and ultimately undermined by experts, but the myth took hold.įaith in the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone was a crucial part of the local Nordic identity. The writing told a North American origin story, predating Christopher Columbus’s exploration, in which Viking missionaries reached what is now Minnesota in 1362 only to be massacred by Indians. In 1898, a Swedish immigrant farmer claimed to have discovered a large rock with writing carved into its surface in a field near Kensington, Minnesota. Krueger takes an in-depth look at a legend that held tremendous power in one corner of Minnesota, helping to define both a community’s and a state’s identity for decades. What do our myths say about us? Why do we choose to believe stories that have been disproven? David M.
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