Today is the 146th anniversary of the start of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
In the fall of 2002, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) (with financial support from the Blandin Foundation) did a six part series on the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 titled, Minnesota’s Uncivil War. The content is still available, including some audio:
Part 1: The remnants of war
Part 2: “Let them eat grass”
Part 3: Broken promises lead to war
Part 4: Hundreds of settlers die in attacks
Part 5: Execution and expulsion
Part 6: The Dakota - still a divided people
See the photo gallery and three supplemental stories: