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It is very important to ask Dakota people to share their history, culture, and language with your classroom to promote the accurate, non-biased, and balanced view of American history.

Land, Language & Culture

History

Today

Films

  • Dakota Conflict. Explores the causes, events and aftermath of the fierce fighting that broke out in 1862 between Minnesota's white European settlers and the native people of the state.
  • Dakota Exile. Beginning in 1862, the federal and state government began to drive the Dakota people from Minnesota. The story of their exile is told through the words of Dakota elders and tribal historians.
  • Minnesota, a History of the Land. Film and guide. The University of Minnesota.
  • Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires. Native American Public Telecommunications. Movie and resources.
  • We Shall Remain. Film about Native American history with teacher's guide. PBS.

Teaching Tools & Lesson Plans

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