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Author:
Anderson, Gary Clayton, 1948- author.
Title:
Massacre in Minnesota : the Dakota War of 1862, the most violent ethnic conflict in American history / Gary Clayton Anderson.
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xiii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject:
Dakota War (Minnesota : 1862)
Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.
Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862--Causes.
Dakota Indians--Minnesota--Government relations.
HISTORY / Native American.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Dakota Indians--Government relations.
War--Causes.
Minnesota.
1862
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. The Dakota Homeland -- 2. The American Invasion -- 3. Removal and the First Indian Massacre -- 4. Chaos, Confusion, and War -- 5. The Massacre -- 6. Fright and Flight on the Minnesota Frontier -- 7. The Road to Retribution -- 8. Captives and the "Fate Worse Than Death" -- 9. Capture and Trials -- 10. The Executions -- 11. Deportation and Rebirth.
Summary:
"A detailed analysis of the origins, events, and aftermath of the Minnesota-Dakota War of 1862"-- Provided by publisher.
"Ultimately, what emerges most clearly from Anderson's account is the outsize suffering of innocents on both sides of the Dakota War-and, identified unequivocally for the first time, the role of white duplicity in bringing about this unprecedented and needless calamity. "-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0806164344
9780806164342
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1101657261
LCCN:
2019007398
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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