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George W. Crooks' Account of the Dakota War of 1862 is a narrative of the events leading up to the "Minnesota Massacre" known as the Dakota War of 1862, given by the Dakota gentleman George W. Crooks (l. c. 1856-1947) in 1937 when he was...

Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato Minnesota, December 25, 1862. Print by Buffalo: Hayes Litho. Co., c. 1883. President Abraham Lincoln ordered the mass execution of 38 Native Americans in Minnesota for revolt against...

People Escaping from the Indian Massacre of 1862 in Minnesota, at Dinner on a Prairie, the right half of a stereograph published by Whitney Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, the photographer thought to be Adrian J. Ebell, 1862. This photo is...

Little Crow (Taoyateduta, also known as Little Crow III, l. c. 1810-1863) was a Dakota Sioux chief best known as the leader of the Mdewakanton Dakota (Santee) Sioux during the Dakota War of 1862. After years of trying to maintain peaceful...

John Lauritsen reports on how a Minnesota pipe-maker is breathing life into a Native American tradition (3:34). WCCO 4 Weekends – April 22, 2018

Credit to Paul I. Wellman: Death on the Prairie, 1934 A six week war from August through September 1862 constitutes a turning point in American Indian relations. With the nation preoccupied with the Civil War, Little Crow leads his band...

The Sioux are a native North American nation who inhabited the Great Plains region of, roughly, modern Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. They are one of the many nations referred to as Plains Indians who...

Tamahay (Tahama, Tamaha, "Pike", l. c. 1776-1864) was a Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux guide and scout who sided with the Americans against the British during the War of 1812. He was a famous advocate of the American cause and a close friend of...

The Sioux ceremonial pipe is a sacred object of the Sioux nation used in the seven sacred rites as well as other observances to connect the people with the Great Spirit (Wakan Tanka), Mother Earth, the spirit world, and each other. Pipe rituals...

In this interview, World History Encyclopedia talks to author and scholar Gordon Campbell all about his new book Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth published by Oxford University Press. Kelly (WHE): Thanks for joining me today...