Dakota Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaskapi Okicize Wowapi

Dakota Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaskapi Okicize WowapiIn April 1863after the Dakota War of 1862, after the hanging of thirty eight Dakota men in the largest mass execution in U. S. history some 270 Dakota men were moved from Mankato, Minnesota, to a prison at Camp McClellan in Davenport, Iowa. Separated from their wives, children, and elder relatives, with inadequate shelter, they lived there for three long, wretched years. More than 120 men died. Desperate to connect with their families, many of these

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The intent of What the Chickadee Knows is to create a record of the contemporary Anishinaabe worldview as it is situated between the traditions of the past and as it contributes to the innovation needed for survival into the future

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offers a thorough historical overview of how South Dakota reservations have wound up in these tragic circumstances

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