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Chapter 9
The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
Question | Answer |
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agency | a U.S. government field office |
traditional Dakota | Dakota that wanted to maintain their traditional culture |
farm Dakota | Dakota who adopted European-American culture to fit in |
internment camp | a place where civilians, prisoners of war, and political prisoners are held |
exile | to force to leave one's country or homeland |
annuities | payments of food, money, and other resources in exchange for Dakota land |
assimilation | to change your traditional ways in order to fit in with the larger group |
U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 | August 18, 1862 - September 26, 1862 |
Little Crow | well respected Dakota leader who was conflicted about traditional and farm Dakota values. |
Big Eagle | leader of traditional Dakota people near the Lower Sioux Agency. |
Wounded Man | leader of farm Dakota people near the Upper Sioux Agency. |
Thomas Galbraith | top government official responsible for the assimilation process at the Upper and Lower Sioux Agency. |
Andrew Myrick | trader who had stores on both the Lower and Upper Sioux Agency. “So far as I am concerned, if they are hungry, let them eat grass.” |
Bishop Henry Whipple | first Protestant Bishop in Minnesota. Humanitarian and advocate for Dakota people. (Straight Tongue) |