Dakota Exile | Full Documentary

Описание: 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.

02:12 Dakota creation story
02:58 History of Dakota treaties, forced culture change, and US - Dakota war
05:49 Dakota men killed through mass execution in Mankato, largest in US history
07:50 Dakota people exiled to Dakota Territory settling in Crow Creek
12:20 Gabrielle Renville and Dakota leaders approached government to secure a reservation
15:25 Assiniboine and Dakota moved west to Montana and north to Canada
22:48 Dawes Act opened reservation land for homesteading, goal to Americanize Native Americans
26:30 Role of Christian missionaries to impact Dakota assimilation
30:10 1883 ban on Native American ceremonies and traditions
34:19 Native American grandmothers were keepers of language and culture
35:30 Native American children were targets of assimilation, sent to boarding schools
41:18 Bureau of Indian Affairs recognized eradication of native languages not necessary for education of Native American children
47:00 20 years after 1862 decree to ban Dakota people from Minnesota, some returned and resettled
49:15 Prairie Island became a blended Native American and white community
51:49 Dakota remember 38 men killed in mass execution through Mankato powwow
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