Dayton commemorates US-Dakota War of 1862
August 16, 2012 at 12:25 pm in Grand Forks Herald
Gov. Mark Dayton is proclaiming Friday a Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation in Minnesota to mark the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Dakota-War of 1862. Continue Reading
The largest massacre of Native Americans took place @ Whitestone Hill in N. Dak. the next summer as Gen. Sibley came upon an encampment by Lisbon, ND & assumed the Natives were remnants of the Sioux from the Dakota Uprising of 1862 in SW Mn. 300-400 men,women& children were slaughtered & 1000s of lbs. of Bison meat was destroyed.
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