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Dakota Conflict 150th Commemoration

Stories and events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Dakota Indian conflict in Minnesota.

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  • US-Dakota War
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Ernest Wabasha: The Burden of Minnesota's History

By Nick Coleman | April 12, 2013

I was 30 years old, a journalist with a passing knowledge of Indian history. Yet it had never occurred to me, until I came across the name of Ernest Wabasha one day, that people still lived among us who were connected to the terrible events of 1862-63, the time of the so-called “Sioux Uprising” and the exile and banishment of the Dakota Sioux from their homeland. But there it was: The great-great grandson of Chief Wabasha was living on a reservation near Redwood Falls! I looked up Mr. Wabasha’s telephone number and called to ask if I — a complete stranger — might visit some day. “What are you doing this afternoon,” he asked.

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Dakota Conflict 150th Commemoration
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Healing Minnesota’s Deepest Wound: Pardoning a Dakota Warrior

By Allison Herrera | May 9, 2012

After the US-Dakota War of 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged in the largest mass execution in US history. Many believe the execution was also one of the largest miscarriages of justice in the nation’s history. Today, Representative Dean Urdahl hopes to “rub a little salve in the wound” by seeking a pardon for one of the executed warriors. His name was Chaska.

Dakota Conflict 150th Commemoration
Relatives of Dakota who survived MN 1862 Concentration Camp at Fort Snelling remember and honor

MN “Concentration Camp” Survivors’ Relatives Remember 150 Years Later

By Allison Herrera | February 12, 2012

150 years after the Dakota War, the war remains a wound that has yet to heal. We watch a special ceremony remembering the many Dakota women and children who did not survive the winter of 1862-63 at the Fort Snelling “concentration camp”.

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