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Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer, biologist & tribal attorney. Former judge & journalist @indiancountry. Contributor: @bustle @truthout @jezebel @TeenVogue @huffpost

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    Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

    Remember the #Dakota38, hanged in Mankato, MN on Dec 26, 1862, under the orders of President Abraham Lincoln. It is the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Art by Travis Blackbird.pic.twitter.com/UgcYkmIIqU

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      2. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        The hanging of the #Dakota38 came at the culmination of the Dakota War, which started because of a treaty broken by Congress. The Dakota people were being starved to death. “Let then eat grass or their own dung,” Andrew Myrick, a trader & store owner who withheld their rations.

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      3. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        Andrew Myrick was among the first to die. He was found with grass in his mouth. #Dakota38

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      4. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        The accused were subjected to sham trials held in English (a language foreign to them), and they had no legal representation. Many were innocent. They were hanged anyway, on a custom made scaffold, in front of a cheering mob. #Dakota38

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      5. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        Among the hanged, a white adopted by the Dakota and a case of mistaken identity. #Dakota38

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      6. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        Here are the names of those who were hanged unjustly. #Dakota38pic.twitter.com/acLiw1lg10

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      7. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        Dakota women & children were forced to watch the hanging. One Dakota infant was reportedly snatched from the arms of a mother and killed on sight. #Dakota38

        3 replies . 123 retweets 270 likes
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      8. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        Around 1,700 Dakota, mostly women and children, were held as prisoners at Fort Snelling. Disease & death were rampant. This is Chief Little Crow’s wife and children at Fort Snelling. #Dakota38pic.twitter.com/TY4e1a9qCk

        5 replies . 155 retweets 336 likes
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      9. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        Chief Little Crow, a leader during the Dakota War, was later assassinated. His remains were mutilated by townspeople & displayed. They stuffed firecrackers in his nose & ears and lit them. Local doctors eventually took his body parts to study. #Dakota38

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      10. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        Two more Dakota leaders, Shakopee (Little Six) and Medicine Bottle, were later captured and executed. This is why the number is referred to as the #Dakota38+2.pic.twitter.com/gug9SAe0xm

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      11. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        After the hanging of the #Dakota38, the Dakota people were exiled from their stolen homelands in Minnesota. The governor put a bounty on their scalps. The Dakota people were separated and sent to prison camps in other states where the women were raped by soldiers.

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      12. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        This is my ancestor, Chief Wabasha, a Mdewakanton Dakota hereditary Chief. He was exiled to Crow Creek in South Dakota. #Dakota38pic.twitter.com/RzNXjJEct4

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      13. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018

        Here is a piece I wrote about the #Dakota38 for Bustle.https://www.bustle.com/p/the-dakota-sioux-execution-was-the-largest-in-us-history-but-america-has-forgotten-it-7780313 …

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      2. Tanya Cyre‏ @CyreTanya 26 Dec 2018
        Replying to @RuthHHopkins

        If not for your voice, most of us would stay in darkness and ignorance. Spread your word to bring the light that you are. ✌🏼💕

        3 replies . 7 retweets 100 likes
      3. Ruth H. Hopkins‏ @RuthHHopkins 26 Dec 2018
        Replying to @CyreTanya

        ❤️

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      2. Lauren Faber‏ @laurenfaber 26 Dec 2018
        Replying to @RuthHHopkins @anylaurie16

        They sent Lincoln 303 names to be executed. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/479/little-war-on-the-prairie …pic.twitter.com/FW9zAzqkh7

        2 replies . 28 retweets 49 likes
      3. Shmarya Rosenberg‏ @Shmarya 26 Dec 2018
        Replying to @laurenfaber @RuthHHopkins @anylaurie16

        There's a street in downtown St. Paul named after Sibley and I think his house is owned by the Historical Society. There's also a high school named after him in a suburb where Sibley owned land.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Lauren Faber‏ @laurenfaber 26 Dec 2018
        Replying to @Shmarya @RuthHHopkins @anylaurie16

        Yup. The park where there waited to die is no longer Camp Lincoln, but Sibley Park.pic.twitter.com/eG43Lh5nH7

        1 reply . 5 retweets 12 likes
      5. Shmarya Rosenberg‏ @Shmarya 26 Dec 2018
        Replying to @laurenfaber @RuthHHopkins @anylaurie16

        Wow.

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