As winter approached, the Yanktonai and Hunkpatina bands of Dakota were busy hunting buffalo and preparing the meat for the coming season. Around them, the United States was split in Civil War, as the Union divided themselves between a war in the south, as well as on their western frontier.Read More →
Dustin WhiteEditor Panic had spread throughout the state. Rumors were circulating that a Lakota uprising was imminent. Seized by fear, many of the women and children closest to the Standing Rock Reservation were put on trains, and transported to the perceived safety of Bismarck. With just the Northern Pacific RailroadRead More →
Dustin WhiteEditor On Dec. 26, 1862, the largest mass execution in the United States history occurred. 38 Dakota prisoners were led to a specially constructed scaffold, and ultimately to their deaths, in Mankota, Minn. The men were part of a group of 392 prisoners, who were tried after their surrender,Read More →