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People
Dakota Frustrations
Lower Sioux Agency
War
Aftermath
100
This person was friendly with the Dakota and often defended the Dakota
Stephen Riggs, the missionary
100
an annuity is a _______________ payment of food and money that usually arrived late for the Dakota
annual or yearly
100
what is an agency?
a government field office
100
The war began when _______ traditional Dakota killed ________ white settlers in an argument over _________
The war began when 4 traditional Dakota killed 5 white settlers in an argument over eggs
100
The trial conducted by Henry Sibley was _____________ for the Dakota
unfair
200
The Dakota felt that this person was not honest and hated him when he said, "Let them eat grass"
Andrew Myrick, the trader
200
the _____________________ were treated better by the Government
farm Dakota
200
The Upper Sioux agency and the Lower Sioux Agency had grown into small _________________
towns
200
Taoyateduta (Little Crow) ____________________ to lead the Dakota into war with the U.S.
hesitated
200
The federal government began requiring American Indian children to go to ____________ ______________, which were located far from their reservations.
boarding schools
300
Name the group of people who shot first and started the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862?
What is the traditional Dakota. (if you said only "Dakota", that's not correct!)
300
What did the U.S. government do in 1858 that changed the Dakota's reservation?
They changed the terms of the treaty so that the Dakota lost the northern half of their reservation which forced them to live on a 10 mile wide section of land along the southern bank of the Minnesota river.
300
Who was the government worker at the Lower Sioux Agency?
Thomas Galbraith
300
The U.S. was focused on the ______________ ____________ and the traditional Dakota thought it was a good time to fight
Civil War
300

38 Dakota were hanged in Mankato as a result of the war and this was the largest mass ____________________ in U.S. history

execution

400
Stephen Riggs helped these people change their religion and appearance to fit in with the white settlers
farm Dakota
400
The Dakota could no longer travel and hunt as they used to for fresh meat and their poor diet meant that many Dakota were unable to fight off....
sickness and diseases
400
Who ran a trade store at the Lower Sioux Agency?
Andrew Myrick
400
Who did not participate in the war?
the farm Dakota the settlers (some of the settlers did participate by fighting back, but most fled)
400
After a terrible winter at the prison camp at Fort Snelling, the Dakota were ______________ from Minnesota to Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota
exiled (banished)
500
This person refused to give the Dakota the food that was locked in the store house
the Government worker, Thomas Galbraith
500
Describe the living conditions on the Dakota reservation. Be sure to include as much detail as you can.
The Dakota were starving Their crops had failed due to bad weather and insects The Dakota were poor because they owed money to the traders The Dakota were not getting annuity payments on time. Many Dakota were living in tipis and bark houses. The farm Dakota were living in modern houses and farming.
500
Which river was near the Lower Sioux Agency?
Minnesota river
500
How did the U.S. - Dakota war of 1862 end?
Henry Sibley led more than 1400 soldiers to battle the Dakota, but the Dakota surrendered.
500
Describe southwest MN after the war.
hardly anyone lived there. nearly all the white settlers abandoned their homes. Most of the Dakota had either fled or were exiled from the state.