John LaBatte

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John LaBatte lives in New Ulm, Minnesota but grew up in Minneapolis, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Robbinsdale. He is of Dakota and White descent.

Stories

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Do you think they would have stopped to have trials?
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Aftermath of 1862, Dakota Exile/Diaspora, Mankato Hangings, Abraham Lincoln, Forced Marches
Keywords: Dakota Exile/Diaspora, Mankato, Hangings, Lincoln, March
That whole process is very complicated
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Perspectives on 1862, Factions, Missionaries, Christianity, Fur Trade, Dakota and Settler Relationships
Keywords: Myrick, LaBatte, Intermarriage, Kinship, Starvation, Lac qui Parle, Acton, Conversion, Big Eagle (Waŋbdí Tháŋka)
Take the politics out of it and deal with it from a historical aspect
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Understanding, Education, Forced Marches, Fort Snelling
Keywords: Education, Genocide, Marches, Anger, Fort Snelling
Education needs to tell the truth about what happened
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Family in 1862
Keywords: LaBatte, Quinn, Hapstina
Two of my grandfathers were sentenced to hang at Mankato
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Family in 1862, Aftermath of 1862
Keywords: Christianity, Davenport Prison, Faribault, Henry Whipple, Mankato
I believe that Little Crow was a reluctant leader
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Leaders in War, Little Crow, Gabriel Renville, Aftermath of 1862
Keywords: Little Crow (Thaóyate Dúta), Gabriel Renville
I believe in understanding on both sides
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Perspectives on 1862, Leaders in War, Mankato Hangings, Oral History, Marches
Keywords: Ramsey, Guilt, Marches, Soldiers
They're still fighting the Dakota War among themselves
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: 1862
Topics: Ways of Commemorating
Keywords: Minnesota Historical Society
The notion is that if you're Christian you can't be an Indian
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: Life Today
Topics: Spirituality
Keywords: Christianity
Some people call it a clash of cultures. I don't, that's too general
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: Shared History
Topics: Dakota and Settler Relationships
Keywords: Fur Traders, Missionaries, Treaties
I see errors in Minnesota Historical Society's signs and books
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: Shared History
Topics: Forced Conversion, Missionaries, Lower Sioux Agency
Keywords: Missionaries, Christianity
Where did the Dakota Indian get their land?
John LaBatte | Oral History 		Theme: Shared History
Topics: Treaties, Dakota Land, Trade
Keywords: Treaties, Trade, Migration
Oral History- Interview | Narrator John LaBatte Interviewer Deborah Locke made in New Ulm, MN | Tuesday, May 31, 2011

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