Northern Lights Ch 9 - MN's Civil War

This was a government field office.

Where were the Dakota sent after the war?

The arrested Dakota warriors got a fair trial after the war.

What was the problem with the annuity system?

Means the punishment of being sent away from a country or other place.

He conducted the trial of the Dakota after the war.

When the conflict finally began, what was it that started it?

The Dakota who adopted some white ways, including farming like white farmers.

Minnesota city that was the site of battles in the war.

Who was treated better by the U.S. government?

A once a year payment of food and money that the government promised the Indians in return for their land.

Who said, "As far as I'm concerned, if your children are starving, let them eat grass"?

The Dakota who wanted to maintain their culture and resist efforts to make them live like whites.

How many Dakota men were executed in Mankato on December 26, 1862?

All Dakota took part in the fighting.