Massacre in Minnesota : the Dakota War of 1862, the most violent ethnic conflict in American history /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Anderson, Gary Clayton, 1948- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Subjects:	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)

Table of 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.