Dakota Conflict
List 3 factors that triggered the Dakota Uprising
-starvation -lack of annuities and commodities -cutworm in corn fields, failed harvest
Who was Alexander Ramsey?
-territorial governor of MN -relied on traders, their kinship with the Dakota -Indians must be exterminated
Where is the location of Genesis, and genocide?
For Snelling, Minnesota and Mississippi River crossing
Which 2 fires suffered the most during the winter?
Sissetoan and Wahpetoan
Where is Kaposia located?
St. Paul
What was Little Crow's Dakota name?
Ta Oyate Duta "his red nation", Little Crow name b/c of some hunting issue
Owning the land was a strange idea to the Dakota
True
Explain how treaties were presented to tribes
false promises
What is the meaning of Kaposia?
-Seasonal settlement, Little Crow's Village -"Travelling light"
Why was Alexander Ramsey charged of fraud by the Senate, and then cleared?
-he managed to gather enough signatures to pass the treaty, but was charged with fraud because he made false promises to Dakota that he didn't keep -he had traders get Dakotas to petition, and got them to sign stuff, he got a lot of people to vouch for him -forged signatures instead of getting tribes to sign
What statement did Andrew Myrick make as Dakota people were starving?
-if they are starving, let them eat grass or their own dung -when they killed him, they stuck grass in his mouth
How old was Little Crow at the time of the conflict?
-nearly 45 years old
What is annuity?
-payment in currency (commodity--payment in food or resources)
When did the Dakota Conflict happen?
1862, Lincoln allowed the hanging of 38 Dakota in Mankato a day after Christmas
How many Dakota were hanged in Mankato?
38, later 2 in Fort Snelling
Ramsey's political career relied on what?
A successful treaty
Dakota called Germans what?
Bad speakers
Today Dakota communities are located where?
Canada, MN, SD, ND, Montana and Nebraska
The Dakota called the people who embraced farming by what name?
Cut-hairs and Dutchmen
When was the Treaty Traverse de Sioux signed?
July 23rd, 1851