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    The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War, was...
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    fought in September 1855. The Santee Sioux or Dakotas of Western Minnesota rebelled on August 17, 1862, after the Federal Government failed to deliver...
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    to the Dakota War of 1862, which resulted in the Dakota being exiled from Minnesota to numerous reservations in Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Canada...
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    Music Hall of Fame. The city is known for its German heritage and its historical sites and landmarks dating back to the US-Dakota War of 1862. New Ulm is...
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    Joseph R. Brown (category Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature)
    south of Sacred Heart, Minnesota. The site displays the granite ruins of Brown's home, which was destroyed on August 19, 1862, during the Dakota War of 1862...
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    Comanche, Dakota, Kiowa, Navajo, and Shoshone which occurred during the American Civil War – including: the Apache Wars, Colorado War, Dakota War of 1862, Navajo...
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    Little Crow (category Dakota War of 1862)
    Crow III (Dakota: Thaóyate Dúta; c. 1810 – July 3, 1863) was a Mdewakanton Dakota chief who led a faction of the Dakota in a five-week war against the...
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    and growing anger among the Dakota. Their resentment broke out in the US-Dakota War of 1862. The US Army defeated the Dakota rebellion and in the aftermath...
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    The Battle of Wood Lake occurred on September 23, 1862, and was the final battle in the Dakota War of 1862. The two-hour battle, which actually took place...
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  • (1811 – 11 November 1865) was a Mdewakanton Dakota chief who was involved at the start of the Dakota War of 1862. Born Eatoka, which means "Another Language...
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  • Acton, Ontario. The incident that sparked the Dakota War of 1862 took place near Acton on August 17, 1862. Four Mdewakantons, Sungigidan (“Brown Wing”)...
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    Retrieved 2020-07-21. "The US-Dakota War of 1862". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-07-21. "US-Dakota War of 1862". Minnesota Historical Society...
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    Big Eagle (category Dakota War of 1862)
    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...
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    following the Dakota War of 1862 and various other actions. As of the 2020 census, this lower reservation had a population of 534, and a land area of 2.69 square...
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    32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858. After the chaos of the American Civil War and the Dakota War of 1862 ended, the state's economy grew when its timber and...
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    settlements following the Dakota War of 1862 which triggered hostilities with the Sioux tribes of Dakota Territory. The Department of the Northwest sent expeditions...
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    Andrew Myrick (category Dakota War of 1862)
    Andrew J. Myrick (May 28, 1832 – August 18, 1862) was a trader, who with his Dakota wife (Winyangewin/Nancy Myrick), operated stores in southwest Minnesota...
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    1862 the unrest among eastern Santee bands came to a climax with open combat against settlers in what would be called Dakota War of 1862, the Dakota Conflict...
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    and the Dakota War of 1862, which resulted in the Dakota's exile from Minnesota. They were forced onto reservations in Nebraska, North Dakota, and South...
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    Henry Hastings Sibley (category Dakota War of 1862)
    first governor of the state of Minnesota, and a U.S. military leader in the Dakota War of 1862 and a subsequent expedition into Dakota Territory in 1863...
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    Dakota Tribe and Ho-Chunk Nation after all reservations in the southern part of that state were abolished in December 1862 following the Dakota War....
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  • formally platted. The Sandy Lake Band remained neutral during the Dakota War of 1862 against the United States. Due to this neutrality, the Sandy Lake...
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    The Battle of Fort Ridgely was an early battle in the Dakota War of 1862. As the closest U.S. military post to the Lower Sioux Agency, the lightly fortified...
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    Bdóte (category Articles containing Dakota-language text)
    the Dakota people and the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters with the Ojibwe. After the Dakota War of 1862, it was the location of the concentration camp of the...
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    Battle of Birch Coulee occurred on September 2–3, 1862, and resulted in the heaviest casualties suffered by U.S. forces during the Dakota War of 1862. The...
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    Stones during the Dakota War of 1862. Following the defeats at Fort Ridgley and New Ulm, Chief Little Crow led an incursion north out of the Minnesota River...
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    resulted in Dakota War of 1862 between the U.S. government and the Dakota people. The U.S. won the war, the aftermath which included a mass hanging of 38 people...
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    Minnesota early in the Dakota War of 1862. Dakota forces attacked New Ulm on August 19 and again on August 23, destroying much of the town but failing to...
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    Sarah F. Wakefield (category Dakota War of 1862)
    captive for six weeks during the Dakota War of 1862 and was a writer of Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees: A Narrative of Indian Captivity. She testified for...
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  • America, but this advice is rejected. August 17 – The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota, as Dakota Sioux attack white settlements along the Minnesota...
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