Dakota War of 1862

Aug. 17, 1862 four Dakota men killed five people living at the homesteads of Robinson Jones and Howard Baker in Acton Township, Minnesota. When word of the killings reached the Lower Sioux Reservation, a group of Dakota men reasoned that it was time to fight Minnesota's European-American population and to reclaim their ancestral lands. Without complete agreement from the Dakota community these men went directly to Taoyateduta, "His Scarlet Nation" (Little Crow), an influential Dakota leader, to

The Dakota Uprising of 1862 was the retaliation response to the deprived treatment of the United States government to the American Indian tribes. For two decades the Dakota were treated poorly by the Federal government, local traders, and settlers.1 There are many reasons contributed to the Uprising of 1862. However, the war may have been avoided if the federal government was to pay more attention to the warning signs and comprehended the Dakota culture. Taoyateduta or known as Little Crow, a leader

Hastings Sibley is a memorable figure in Minnesota history, but one that is laced with controversy and suspicion. These controversies extend from his early career in fur trading to his leadership of Minnesota’s militia in the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862. The criticism of Governor Sibley was mainly because of his hesitation to engage with the Indians and his constant complaints to territorial governor Alexander Ramsey about lack of men and supplies, but is simply not justified when the full scope of

The author of Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux, Gary Clayton Anderson, is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is also the author Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862, The Conquest of Texas: Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land, 1830-1875 and The Indian Southwest 1580-1830: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Reinvention. Other publications include Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood and he teaches U.S. Survey and

Earth I come.” This is not a statement made in haste but a declaration of war, coming from the mouth of a Sioux warrior, a Dakota. They call him Crooked Lightning. That was the first and only true announcement about the planned uprising from the Dakota Nation. The Sioux Uprising of 1862 was appallingly deadly and destructive considering it may have been avoided if the United States had paid the Sioux their gold on time. The Dakota Nation didn’t just wake up one day and decide to attack the settlers

Today we take for granted all that Minnesota has to offer. We never stop to think why or who. There are many significant people we have to thank for what we have here in Minnesota. Zebulon Pike, Josiah Snelling, Henry Sibley, Alexander Ramsey and Dredd Scott are individuals who politically economically and culturally identified Minnesota. Lieutenant Zebulon Pike stamped his mark in Minnesota by being the first American sent by the government to explore and defend America’s interests in the great

Jay Little has put all his effort, his time, and his dreams into making the world a better place, and that’s exactly why when I was asked to write a paper about someone who changes the world he was the first person I thought of. He is the kind of person who envisions change and does everything he can to make that vision a reality. That’s why, at only 19 years old, he has already started leaving his own mark on the world. He is the President of First Year Council at the University of Alabama, he has

be remembered, but there is a lot of sadness there. In 1819, the United States Army built a fort at the junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rive, a place that is sacred to the Dakota homeland. Fort Snelling would go on to become a site of major significance in the US and in state history. Due to the Dakota war become a hell hole for more than 1700 people. Disease would run rampant killing many; the brutality would forever be engrained in their minds, and death. In the early days of November

The US Government treated the Dakota unfairly and poorly. The indian agents tricked the Dakota into signing the treaties, that stated that they will get money and goods. The Dakota were threatened to sign the treaties. The money from the Dakota were given to the US Government, thinking that they’ll get money back. The US Government never did, leaving the Indians poor and upset. After being tricked, the Dakota were put into reservations. Dakota people were living in prison like “homes” where they

The Dakota War was a war between the Dakota Tribe and the U.S government in Minnesota. The Dakota’s Chief, Little Crow, had given up 24 million acres of land to the government in exchange of goods and annuity payments from the government (Liberty and Power in America, p. 441). They had also agreed to live on reservations which vastly restricted their hunting territories due to the presence of white settlers. In addition, the annuity payments were always late or never received, and the land that the