Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Colette Routel, assistant professor, William Mitchell College of Law, talked about the causes of the Dakota War of 1862 including treaty negotiations ...

This Day in History: Dec. 26, 1862 — Most commonly revered as the United States President who freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln is known for something different in Indian Country. On this day 160 ...

1. Causes of the Sioux Uprising -- 2. Acton : August 17, 1862 -- 3. The Uprising begins -- 4. Ambush at Redwood Ferry -- 5. War comes to the Upper Agency -- 6. Indian raids along the frontier -- 7.

For most of the nation, the Dakota War is a sentence in the history books, if that: six weeks in the remote frontier in the midst of the Civil War. While the precise ...

Birch Coulee Battlefield is a historic site located in southwest Minnesota near Morton. The Battle of Birch Coulee took place in September of 1862 during the US-Dakota War. Dakota Omani travelers ...

As the 162nd anniversary of the 1862 war draws nearer, those interested in the history of the conflict can find important sites dotted across the local landscape. The Kandiyohi County Historical ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Sioux City residents and descendants of the Dakota Nation gathered Friday for a potlatch lunch at the Sioux City Museum to commemorate the anniversary of the 1862 Mankato mass ...

MANKATO – The riders, some three dozen of them, circled the blazing fire. The smell of burnt sage hung in the winter air as the sounds of clopping horse hooves matched a ceremonial drumbeat. The ...