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Hank Cox talked about his book [Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862], published by Cumberland House Publishing. It chronicles how President Lincoln dealt with an Indian rebellion in Minnesota.
A statue of President Abraham Lincoln was vandalized in Chicago's Lincoln Park on Monday to protest an execution order he signed in 1862 that put 38 Native American men to death.
1862: On Sunday, Aug. 17, 1862, in nearby Acton Township, which is by Grove City, four Sioux Indians from Rice Creek were out hunting for food. They massacred a family in the area and started the ...
Thomas D. Phillips (MMgmt’71) co-authored the book Fire in the North: The Minnesota Uprising and the Sioux War in Dakota Territory. It recounts the Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising ...
Abraham Lincoln, in the fall of 1862 as the Civil War raged, ordered the hanging of 38 indigenous Native Americans in a bloody conflict known as the Dakota War or the Sioux Uprising.
It was the largest mass execution in U.S. history, in response to the deadliest Indian uprising in U.S. history. In November 1862, about 1,600 Dakota dependents were taken to a camp at Fort Snelling.
The novel is based on the true story of Sarah F. Wakefield, who was abducted by Mdewakanton warriors during the Sioux Uprising of 1862. Wakefield too was a writer.
Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation runner Tao Moody, 17, made the pilgrimage last month to Mankato, Minn., for an annual event honouring the Dakota 38+2 — 40 men who were hanged following the Dakota ...