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Publication was planned for 2012 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S.–Dakota War to offer a Dakota perspective on the causes and effects of the war, and make available Dakota history outside the war. Dakota were anticipating increased coverage for the anniversary, primarily from non-Dakota perspectives. Westerman said there was a ...
The Attack on Forest City was a skirmish of the Dakota War of 1862. After fighting two engagements at Acton and Hutchinson, Chief Little Crow attacked the stockaded town of Forest City on September 4, 1862. The attack resulted in sporadic shootouts, the burning of several buildings, and the theft of horses found around the town, but the ...
The Past Is Alive Within Us: The U.S.–Dakota Conflict (2013) is a video documentary examining Minnesota's involvement in the Dakota War during the Civil War, which had its major battlefields in the East. It provides both historical information and contemporary stories.
Aug. 14—The complicated tragedy of the U.S.-Dakota War is one that still leaves a mark, even 160 years later. This month the Brown County Historical Society, or BCHS, is updating its decade-old ...
Justin Tornow is an American dancer, choreographer, dance scholar, and dance teacher. She is the founder and artistic director of COMPANY, a co-founder and co-organizer of Durham Independent Dance Artists, former board president of the North Carolina Dance Alliance, and producer of the PROMPTS art series in Durham, North Carolina.
George H. Spencer Jr. remained captive for the duration of the Dakota War of 1862. Many of the Dakota soldiers proceeded to raid the trading stores for flour, pork, clothing, whiskey, guns, and ammunition. [3] The attack was suspended long enough for as many as fifty to escape to the thickets below the bluff from the Dakota soldiers. [7]
Aug. 17—NEW ULM — Brown County Historical Society is offering several programs and tours commemorating the U.S. — Dakota War of 1862. The war that began in August 1862 ranged across ...
Big Eagle (Dakota: Waŋbdí Táŋka, c. 1827–1906) was the chief of a band of Mdewakanton Dakota in Minnesota. He played an important role as a military leader in the Dakota War of 1862. Big Eagle surrendered soon after the Battle of Wood Lake and was sentenced to death and imprisoned, but was pardoned by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 ...