Honor Native American History Month-Once Again-The Trail Of 1000, No, 1,000, 000 Tear-The Little War On The Prairie-The Execution of 38 Dakota Warriors In Mankato, Minnesota in 1862

Honor Native American History Month-Once Again-The Trail Of 1000, No, 1,000, 000 Tear-The Little War On The Prairie-The Execution of 38 Dakota Warriors In Mankato, Minnesota in 1862

By Frank Jackman

Honor Native American History Month-Once Again-The Trail Of 1000, No, 1,000, 000 Tear-The Little War On The Prairie-The Execution of 38 Dakota Warriors In Mankato, Minnesota in 1862

Yes, I am well aware that the date of this piece is in December and Native American History Month was in November but this piece aired on December 1, 2018 around my way on NPR’s This American Life and so belongs along with other entries on the trail of tears, the endless trail of tears brothers and sisters.  

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/479/little-war-on-the-prairie

 

Little War on the Prairie

Growing up in Mankato, Minnesota, John Biewen says, nobody ever talked about the most important historical event ever to happen there: in 1862, it was the site of the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Thirty-eight Dakota Indians were hanged after a war with white settlers. John went back to Minnesota to figure out what really happened 150 years ago, and why Minnesotans didn’t talk about it much after.