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Traditional Dakota

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Dakota who wanted to maintain their culture and resist efforts to live like European Americans

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Farm Dakota

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Dakota who adopted some European American Ways like farming

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Internment camp

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A place where civilians, prisoners of war and or political prisoners are held

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Exile

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To force to leave ones country or homeland

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What year was the treaty that the Dakota were kept in Washington until they signed it in

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1858(The year that Minnesota became a state)

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In the 1858 treaty, what part of their reservation did the Dakota have to turn in

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The northern half

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What were for increasing problems

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  • it was little hunting land left
  • there was no desire to live like Americans
  • people were short on food and they were starving
  • promised annuities were late
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In what year was the lower Souix agency a very busy town

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1862

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Was the lower Souix agency filled with traders and government workers

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Yes

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In what, and where did the traditional Dakota live

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In villages of teepees and barck lodges along the south side of the Minnesota River

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The traditional Dakota wanted to continue the traditional way of life, but what two things does that actually mean

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They wanted to keep sacred rituals and believes, and they often went off the reservation to hunt and gather food

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What did the farm Dakota grow, Raise, and live in

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They grew crops, they raised livestock, and they live in the wood and brick homes

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Did the farm Dakota still wear Their traditional clothes

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No, they were American style clothing and hair styles

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What kind of churches did the farm Dakota attend

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Missionary churches

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In 1862, who was the top government Official

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Thomas Galbraith

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What year was Thomas Galbraith the top government official

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1862

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What were the two duties of an Indian agent

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To carry assimilation process, and to hand out food and money promised by the government

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What did the traders do, Give two examples

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They worked on the credit system like before and they kept records but the Dakota did not so they could cheat on them

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Who was one of the traders, That was not sympathetic to the Dakota, and what did he say

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Andrew Myrick 😡, he said that if they were hungry they could eat grass

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What did the missionaries do, give 3 examples

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They tried to convert the Dakota to Christianity but they also stuck up for them during the disputes with the government they believe that the Dakota needed to assimilate to be able to survive

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What are two ways that that the farm Dakota to verse traditional Dakota cause resentment

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The farm Dakota received more tools, food etc. from the government, the traditional Dakota blamed the farm Dakota for abandoning their heritage

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In what year did the annuities came late, And why

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1862, because of the Civil War

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Did the Dakota become more dependent on the Annuities

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Yes

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What was one thing that strained the relationship with traders

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Many traders married to a Dakota woman but acted like businessman first and refused them credit

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What year were many Dakota hungry and what month was. It in
August 1862
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Annuity payments were late so what did Galbraith do about that
He refused them food until the money came
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True or false, | The frustration builds by no place to hunt and people, especially adults,getting sick
False, no place to hunt, and people especially K IDS, getting sick
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What day did the killing at Acton occur(month, date, year)
August 17, 1862
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what happened at the killing in Acton
FOUR young Dakota men killed F I VE settlers near Acton, it was an argument over eggs
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What were the Dakota debating to do as a result of the killing in Acton
Turn over the four young Dakota men to the US government for punishment, or not turn them in but then the US government would punish them all, or they could strike out before they got attacked because the US might not fight back because they were busy with the Civil War
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The Dakota turned over to little crow for advice of what to do about the killing in acton, what did little crow do about that?
He spoke for peace first, but then he finally agreed to fighting, because young man wanted to fight
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When did the Dakota attack the lower Souix agency?
The day after they agreed to fight
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After the day they agreed to fight where did they fight first
Lowers Souix agency
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In the attack at the lower Sue agency where did they first strike
The traders house
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At the lower Sue agency they Dakota ambushed a group of who at where
US soldiers at the ferry crossing
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What was the third place that the Dakota attacked at the lower Sue agency
They overran farms and killed settlers
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How many people were killed in how many days at the lower Sue agency
300 settlers were killed in two days
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The farm Dakota were fearing for their life, what did they do
They did help release many settlers who were held captive
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What were settlers doing
They were Fleeing homes and warning others
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How many soldiers arrive that were led by colonel Henry Sibley and how many days was that after the fighting began
1400 US soldiers and it was nine days after fighting began
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Around what month did the Dakota war end and where was the final battle at and what day was the final battle at and how many Dakota surrendered
The Dakota war ended by the end of September, the final battle was at Woodlake on the September 23 ,2000 Dakota surrender
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True or false, Several thousand Dakota fled after the war ended, little crow was going to but then got caught on September 24th Make false statements true
False, many HUNDRED Dakota fled, including little crow
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How many settlers fled to safety leaving farms empty
20,000
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The Dakota attacked New Ulm and Fort Ridgely in the next few days of the war, were they able to over take it??
No
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___ _____was devastated after the war, hundreds of residents were devastated or homeless
New Ulm
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The Dakota prisoners had to be judged after the war ended, where were they judged
In the traders kitchen
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Who set up a court for the Dakota Prisoners?
Colonel Henry Sibley
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Who were the judges in the court of the Dakota prisoners?
A Panel of Army Officers
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Were there any attorneys at the court
No
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Missionary Riggs was concerned the court was a ____ __ ________
Rush to judgement
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Most Minnesotans wanted what after the war
Revenge
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How many days did it take for them to sentence how many Dakota to death
39 days to sentence 303 Dakota
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Did the soldiers and people need to get president Lincoln approval for execution
Yes
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Agency
Are US government office
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Who spoke up for the Dakota after they decided to execute 303 people
Missionary Henry Whipple
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After one of the missionaries spoke up for the Dakota what did Lincoln decide to do
Only execute 39
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How many photo I hung in Mankato, and why
38 of the 39, because one Dakota was spared at the last minute and his name is Round wind
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True or false the execution that President Lincoln approve of the Dakota people was the smallest execution of all time
False, It was the largest mass execution in US history
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Where did the rest of the Dakota who were supposed to get executed go and how many Dakota died there due to poor conditions
They went to a prison camp in Iowa called Camp McClellan, more than 120 Dakota died there
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How many Dakota women, children, and others were forced to travel to the interment camp south of Fort Snelling
1700
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How many miles did they have to travel to the internment camp
100
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What were three difficult conditions at the internment camp
They were guarded and fed by US soldiers, sometimes they were given permission to leave camp to get wood and fish but most of the time they were attacked or killed doing this, they also died because of measles and other diseases that were spread
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What year did the US cancel all treaties with the Dakota
1863
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How many Dakota exiled to Crow Creek reservation and where was that in
1500 and it was in South Dakota
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What was Crow Creek reservation like
It was a place with little food and many people die from hunger and diseases
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Who helped the Dakota get to a better reservation after the war
Williamson
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In what year did the government move the Dakota to better reservation in where
In 1866 they moved them to Nebraska
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When did hardly no one live in South West Minnesota
Summer of 1863
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About how many farm Dakota were allowed to stay in Minnesota
200
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True or false, no Dakota returned to Minnesota later to live in the same area
False, some did
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Give 3 to 4 examples of how the Dakota were pressured to give up their life
The farm Dakota got more than the traditional Dakota, they had to give the northern half of their reservation in 1858, they are losing hunting land, people were starving, and the annuities a were coming late

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