Riders arrive at Reconciliation Park in Mankato to mark the hanging of 38 Dakota warriors and two additional men 162 years ago on Thursday. Two rides converged at the park this year, the Dakota Exiles ...

The Minnesota Historical Society on Friday canceled a handful of holiday tours at the Alexander Ramsey House in St. Paul, which were mistakenly scheduled on the anniversary of the 1862 mass hanging of ...

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 ...

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 ...

MANKATO, Minn. - Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday for the unveiling of a memorial to 38 Dakota men who were hanged 150 years ago to the day in what is the largest mass execution in U.S. history.

MANKATO, Minn. — Hundreds of people have turned out in Mankato to mark the 150th anniversary of the hanging of 38 Dakota men — the largest mass execution in U.S. history.