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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • (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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • first permanently settled community, starting in 1868. During the Dakota war of 1862, the community was vacated. Lac qui Parle village was the original...
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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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  • Dakota North Dakota, a U.S. state South Dakota, a U.S. state The Dakotas (disambiguation) Dakota War of 1862, a conflict between the US and bands of Eastern...
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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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    Struck by the Ree (category Dakota War of 1862)
    Josephine Waggoner, University Of Lincoln Press, 2013, p.657 The Dakota War of 1862, Columns of Vengeance, Paul N. Beck, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman...
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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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    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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    attack led by Dakota leader Little Crow in Minnesota on August 18, 1862, and is considered the initial engagement of the Dakota War of 1862. It resulted...
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