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Dean Blue We never got one red cent from the state or the U.S. Government to start the casinos Life Today Dakota Life Today, Casinos, U.S. Government Casino, Subsidies Oral History
Dr. Clifford Canku I would compare it to what's happening to the United States Life Today Perspectives on 1862, U.S. Government Afghanistan, Iraq Oral History
Dr. Clifford Canku America will never be great unless it does justice to the first Americans on this continent. Shared History Treaties, U.S. Government Treaties, Justice, Property, United Nations Oral History
Dr. Clifford Canku At the root of everything, factionalism was created when immigrants came to our way of living 1862 U.S. Government, Factions, Immigration, Dakota Land Indian Removal Act, Factionalism, Treaties, Policies, Reservations, Immigration, Settlers, Encroachment Oral History
George Glotzbach They had a cause against the federal government 1862 Perspectives on 1862, Current Events, U.S. Government Point of View, Attack, Victims Oral History
Walter LaBatte The way it was written, the government never intended to pay us the full amount Shared History Treaties, U.S. Government Consequences Oral History
Byron White “Let them eat grass.” 1862 Perspectives on 1862, U.S. Government Dakota and U.S. Gov't Oral History
Lillian Wilson The United States is suffering because they made so many mistakes Life Today U.S. Government Oral History
Dr. Elden Lawrence “You guys can’t be in here; I own all the air in here” Shared History Dakota Land, Treaties, Immigration, U.S. Government Land, Settlers, Treaties, Encroachment, Dakota and U.S. Gov't Oral History
Dr. Elden Lawrence "We’re going to drive you all the way to the Rocky Mountains" Shared History Treaties, Dakota Social Structure, U.S. Government, Dakota Land Treaties, Dakota and U.S. Gov't, Land Oral History
Dr. Elden Lawrence The ideal American doesn’t really exist; he’s a myth Shared History U.S. Government, Assimilation, Dawes Act, American Indian Policy Dakota and U.S. Gov't, Assimilation, Dawes Act, American Indian Policy Oral History
Pamela Halverson You can feel the coldness in there 1862 Lower Sioux Agency, U.S. Government, Spirituality Lower Sioux Community, Annuity Oral History
Pamela Halverson Our camp was Kaposia Shared History Treaties, Reservations, Genocide, U.S. Government Homeland, Reservations, Lower Sioux Community, Dakota and U.S. Gov't Oral History
Pamela Halverson Our people fought terrorism for a long time Shared History Dakota Land, U.S. Government, Homestead Act Homeland, Medicine, Land Loss Oral History
Willard Manderfeld They lived here that long so they got the land free Immigration Homesteading, Immigration Experience, U.S. Government Homesteading, Immigration Oral History
Ed LaBelle Collateral Damage Shared History Perspectives on 1862, U.S. Government Henry Sibley, Alexander Ramsey Oral History
Ed LaBelle It was the worst thing that could have happened to the Dakotas in Minnesota Shared History Treaties, U.S. Government Treaties, Alexander Ramsey Oral History
Myron Taylor They made a falsehood out of the whole thing Shared History Treaties, U.S. Government Treaties, U.S. Government Oral History

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