It is the year that Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has declared a reconciliation and renounced the call from that same office in 1862 to exterminate or remove all Dakota people fro...

Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, will discuss Spirit Car: A Journey to a Dakota Past , Native author Diane Wilson’s story of her family’s struggles during and af...

On December 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged in Mankato, Minnesota, in the largest mass execution in American history...

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 , this video includes interviews with Dan Spock, director of the Minnesota Historical Society, Ian Lilligren, a ...

With this year being the 150 th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 , many are reflecting on the war’s aftermath, including Myron Taylor, who has been facing his personal hi...

The first word that came to mind to describe the 60-minute documentary by lecturer Carter Meland’s introductory American Indians in Minnesota class was “powerful.” From the histori...

A video project from 60 students in an introductory American Indians in Minnesota class at the University of Minnesota is being shown May 1 on campus and has already sparked discus...

For the past 10 years, Dakota elder Clifford Canku has been poring over letters written by Dakota men who were imprisoned after the Dakota Conflict of 1862...