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Barbara Anderson The main goal was to rob us of our spirit 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Fort Snelling, Resilience Fort Snelling, Humor Oral History
Dean Blue We lost every acre, and we weren’t even involved in the war. 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Abraham Lincoln, Punitive Expeditions Bounty, Scalping, Upper Sioux Oral History
Lisa Besemer Did people really trust themselves to come back here again? 1862 Aftermath of 1862 Depredation Claims, Compensation, Leaving, Haag Oral History
Robert Beussman Had the tables been turned? 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Forced Marches Marches, Anger Oral History
Dr. Clifford Canku When you go to war, some people disappear 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Oral History, Family in 1862, Fort Snelling, Dakota Exile/Diaspora, Dakota Social Structure Injustice, Wakute (Wacouta), Canku, Diaspora, Lake Traverse, Orphans, Relatives, Montana, Canada, Fort Totten, Roles, Warriors, Fugitive Oral History
Judith Anywaush “If you just give me a hand up, I know that I can make it.” 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Fort Snelling, Family in 1862, Crow Creek, Punitive Expeditions, Abraham Lincoln, Mankato Hangings Fort Snelling, Expendable, Wechankpeotowe (Many Stars Woman), Crow Creek, Soup, Bishop Whipple, Steamboat, Military, Soldiers, Survival Oral History
John LaBatte Two of my grandfathers were sentenced to hang at Mankato 1862 Family in 1862, Aftermath of 1862 Christianity, Davenport Prison, Faribault, Henry Whipple, Mankato Oral History
John LaBatte I believe that Little Crow was a reluctant leader 1862 Leaders in War, Little Crow, Gabriel Renville, Aftermath of 1862 Little Crow (Thaóyate Dúta), Gabriel Renville Oral History
George Glotzbach Inhumanity of man against man is hard to believe 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Forced Marches Violence Oral History
Evelyn Eischen This little boy was laying in the ditch 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Family in 1862 Roeser, Holm Oral History
Frederick Juni I think it's a blemish on our local history 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Mankato Hangings, Abraham Lincoln Mankato, Hangings, Lincoln Oral History
Sandra Geshick They sacrificed so we can have what we have today 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Family in 1862, Mankato Hangings, Davenport Prison, Crow Creek Mankato, Davenport, Crow Creek, Flandreau, Bloomington, Lower Sioux Community, Sacrifice Oral History
Sandra Geshick “Tahicido” 1862 Family in 1862, Davenport Prison, Aftermath of 1862 Davenport Prison, Family Oral History
Sandra Geshick Resilience Shared History Survival, Aftermath of 1862, Resilience Survival, Resilience, Protection Oral History
John LaBatte Do you think they would have stopped to have trials? 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Dakota Exile/Diaspora, Mankato Hangings, Abraham Lincoln, Forced Marches Dakota Exile/Diaspora, Mankato, Hangings, Lincoln, March Oral History
LaVonne Swenson That’s how they would hide. 1862 Family in 1862, Aftermath of 1862 Bounty Oral History
LaVonne Swenson That was their last song 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Mankato Hangings Mankato, Hangings Oral History
Sylvan Schumacher Everyone else left the area 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Family in 1862 Leavenworth, Wounded Knee Oral History
Dallas Ross The gate opened just to show the people that the land was still there. 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Fort Snelling Fort Snelling, Spirituality Oral History
Dr. Elden Lawrence They got some recompense, I guess 1862 Aftermath of 1862 Dakota Factions, Lincoln, Hangings, Warrior, Christianity Oral History
Dr. Elden Lawrence It would serve as a memorial to the people that were there 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Fort Snelling, Mankato Hangings Fort Snelling, Hangings Oral History
Dr. Elden Lawrence The depth of the water is 3.8 feet 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Mankato Hangings Hangings Oral History
Ed LaBelle They want us to forgive and we do forgive to a certain extent but we don’t forget. 1862 Family in 1862, Aftermath of 1862 Family, Aftermath Oral History
Myron Taylor These people, those people, our relatives, were fighting for the same thing. 1862 Perspectives on 1862, Aftermath of 1862, Family in 1862, Ways of Commemorating Discrimination, Education, School, Land, History, Christianity, Family, Mankato Hanging Oral History
Water In The Rain featuring Amos Owen 1862 Aftermath of 1862, Mankato Hangings Mankato Hanging, Aftermath, Commemoration Share Your Story

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