The First Sioux War was a vitally important conflict that helped define Lakota Sioux / white relations; created a closer national unity among the Sioux; and allowed the United States Army to develop new military tactics, which would eventually be used to defeat the Plains Indians. The war influenced future Sioux leaders like Crazy Horse, Spotted Tail, and Sitting Bull. Fought between two expanding peoples, the Sioux and the Americans, the First Sioux War produced two engagements, both worthy of study--the Grattan Fight and Blue Water Creek. The Grattan Fight, a debacle for the army, caused...
The First Sioux War was a vitally important conflict that helped define Lakota Sioux / white relations; created a closer national unity among the Siou...
In summer 1862, Minnesotans found themselves fighting interconnected wars the first against the rebellious Southern states, and the second an internal war against the Sioux. While the Civil War was more important to the future of the United States, the Dakota War of 1862 proved far more destructive to the people of Minnesota both whites and American Indians. It led to U.S. military action against the Sioux, divided the Dakotas over whether to fight or not, and left hundreds of white settlers dead. In "Columns of Vengeance," historian Paul N. Beck offers a reappraisal of the Punitive...
In summer 1862, Minnesotans found themselves fighting interconnected wars the first against the rebellious Southern states, and the second an inter...
Kristina L. Southwell Jacquelyn Reese Paul N. Beck
In summer 1862, Minnesotans found themselves fighting interconnected wars the first against the rebellious Southern states, and the second an internal war against the Sioux. While the Civil War was more important to the future of the United States, the Dakota War of 1862 proved far more destructive to the people of Minnesota both whites and American Indians. It led to U.S. military action against the Sioux, divided the Dakotas over whether to fight or not, and left hundreds of white settlers dead. In "Columns of Vengeance," historian Paul N. Beck offers a reappraisal of the Punitive...
In summer 1862, Minnesotans found themselves fighting interconnected wars the first against the rebellious Southern states, and the second an inter...
