Dakota War of 1862

The Trials The captured Dakota were being charged with “participation in the murders, outrages, and robberies…particularly in the battles at the Fort, New Ulm, Birch Coulee, and Wood Lake” (Oehler, pg. 206). The ensuing trials were conducted with an arraignment and a confession of being at one of the battles. The Dakota had believed the confession would make them prisoners of war – not guilty of murder. Once the commission became acquainted with the details of the various battles, a connection to a particular battle would find the defendant guilty. There were as many as forty cases tried in a day. O 206 The commission felt these ‘trials’ were just as ‘these battles were not ordinary….they were directed against villages defended by civilians, hastily and indifferently armed…besides, the code of the Indians, which takes life for life, justified it”. Most critics of the trials and the Dakota being sentenced to die asserted, “were condemned on general principles, without any specific charges proved” Oheler pg 207 . According to historian Gustav Niebuhr in, Lincoln’s Bishop: A President, a Priest and the Fate of 300 Dakota Sioux Warriors, writes that the commission used a half-breed named Godfrey [native name - Otakle], born to African American and…

The Dakota-U.S. Conflict Being a war which occurred in Minnesota, and described by some as “Minnesota’s other civil war” and “genocide” by others, we may be inclined to think that teaching it is surely a statewide core component of high school U.S. History, but it is not. This course needs to become part of the requirements of high school U.S. History because to high-schoolers, it largely remains either a completely unknown event or something about which they hold misinformation. It is very…

Introduction This lesson’s goal is to enhance the understanding of the effects of the Civil War within the U.S. amongst the African and Native communities, which can provide further understanding of events after the war. Standard 7.4.4.19.3 Regional tensions around economic development, slavery, territorial expansion and governance resulted in a Civil War and a period of Reconstruction that led to the abolition of slavery, a more powerful federal government, a renewed push into indigenous…

Thomas Ruger was born on April 2,1833, in Lima, New York. He was a diligent student and was accepted to West Point Academy. He graduated from the U.S. Military academy ranking third in his class in 1846. After that he was an acting commander of the brigade in the 1st division. After the war, he was a superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. In November 1862, Ruger led his brigade of the Corps in the Battle of Chancellorsville. In the summer of 1863, Ruger was…

Dakota Nation(Santee) Native cultures of the americas Traditional location of Sioux tribes prior to 1770 (dark green) and their current reservations (orange) Ashley Rodriquez MYP American history (1st hr) October 19, 2015 The Dakota tribe was one of the three bands of Sioux a Native American tribe that resided in the upper lands of North America .The Dakota Sioux to was a nomadic tribe that traveled between Lands to live in the best hunting and gathering grounds. this…

videos on the History of the Native Americans will come from that site. The first video, “Dakota Homeland”, gives an overview of what land was owned by the Dakota land. Early in the video the statement, “Dakota is not a nation of people. Dakota is a way of life in which you walk through this world”, already shows the strong spiritual involvement the Dakota people have with their land and culture. They refer to the land as their mother; everything that god has created and put on the earth is…

maimed them. His speech showed clearly that his spirit was not in any way defeated (Hawk). Then in 1862 the Sioux war took place; the American government had signed with the Dakota Indians, treaties that would let them sell their land for money. They were also given full land ownership within Minnesota and Wisconsin regions. (Isaac). But after some time, white men began to trespass on the Sioux land, therefore breaking their promises not to invade their land. Then in the summer of 1862, a big…

Sitting Bull or Tatanka Iyotake was one of the most prominent Native American leaders in all time. He was a Sioux tribe leader who located in the Great Plains region of modern day South Dakota around 1874 when gold was discovered in the Black Hills. Sitting Bull’s main focus was war and opposition of the American settlers. He began training and fighting in battles from the age of fourteen up to his death at age fifty-nine. During Sitting Bull’s early years, he didn’t really interact or witness…

the gold spread, thousands of prospective gold miners traveled to San Francisco and the surrounding area. By the end of 1849, the non-native population of the California territory was some 100,000. A total of $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush, which peaked in 1852. In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and tasked them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link…

Lake, and it’s reasonable to assume that they joyfully anticipated the arrival of children. After a difficult labor and delivery, Mathilda gave birth to their first child on February 3, 1893, christened her Ruth Clara Adelia, and commonly called her Clara.5 In one of Clara’s earliest memories, she recalled standing near her parents as they watched a small band of “Indians” walk across their farm. Although the Native Americans passed by without incident,6 Clara visually displayed fear when she…