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