Beginning August 3, through September 28, an exhibition by 20 American Indian artists will be on display at the All My Relations Gallery in Minneapolis, before moving to the James J. Hill House Gallery in St. Paul Minnesota where the display will begin October 13 and continue through January 13, 2013.
The “De Unkiyepi – We Are Here” exhibition reflects on the U.S. Dakota War of 1862, when between four and six hundred soldiers and settlers were killed in less than two months of vicious fighting. It is unknown how many Dakota lost their lives during the battle. On December 26, 1862, the war came to an end as the United States hanged to death 38 Dakota men, in what remains the largest mass execution in American history. Over one thousand Dakota prisoners were held at Fort Snelling, where up to 300 died because of the conditions inside the camp. One prisoner, Gabriel Renville said, “Amid all this sickness and these great tribulations, it seemed doubtful at night whether a person would be alive in the morning.”
The exhibition is sponsored by All My Relations Gallery, the Native American Community Development Institute, and the Minnesota Historical Society, and funded in part through a Grotto Foundation grant.
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