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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Andrew Myrick was among the first to die. He was found with grass in his mouth.
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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.
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Among the hanged, a white adopted by the Dakota and a case of mistaken identity.
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Here are the names of those who were hanged unjustly.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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After the hanging of the
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This is my ancestor, Chief Wabasha, a Mdewakanton Dakota hereditary Chief. He was exiled to Crow Creek in South Dakota.
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Here is a piece I wrote about the
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If not for your voice, most of us would stay in darkness and ignorance. Spread your word to bring the light that you are.


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They sent Lincoln 303 names to be executed. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/479/little-war-on-the-prairie …pic.twitter.com/FW9zAzqkh7
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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.
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Yup. The park where there waited to die is no longer Camp Lincoln, but Sibley Park.pic.twitter.com/eG43Lh5nH7
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