Looks at the life of the Dakota Indian chief and his difficulties with the U.S. federal government during the mid 1800s

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year In August 1862, after suffering decades of hardship, broken treaties, and relentless encroachment on their land, the Dako

This edition of A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity rescues from obscurity a crucially important work about the bitterly contested U.S.-Dakota War of 1862

Looks at the life of the Dakota Indian chief, describing his childhood, his travels from the Mdewakanton, and his role in the Dakota War of 1862.

In August 1862 the worst massacre in U.S. history unfolded on the Minnesota prairie, launching what has come to be known as the Dakota War, the most violent eth