LITCHFIELD — Author, historian and state representative Dean Urdahl will unveil his most recent film, "Assault on Fort Ridgely," based on his 2008 book, "Uprising," at 7 p.m. April 23-25 at the ...

This collection consists of four cartes-de-visite portraits of Native American men involved in the Dakota War of 1862. Individuals were photographed by Joel Emmons Whitney between approximately 1864 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Day in History: Dec. 26, 1862 —Most commonly revered as the United States President who freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln is ...

The Dakota–U.S. War of 1862: A Symposium of Remembrance examines the lasting consequences of the violent and divisive war that led to the exile of the Dakota people from their homeland. The program ...

As the 162nd anniversary of the 1862 war draws nearer, those interested in the history of the conflict can find important sites dotted across the local landscape. The Kandiyohi County Historical ...

Fargo Public Library hosts free screening of 'Dakota 38' "The film... follows horseback riders on a 330-mile route... to arrive at the site of the hanging of 38 Dakota men at the end of the ...

Two groups, leaving from South Dakota and Nebraska, traveled hundreds of miles for a reconciliation ceremony. MANKATO – The riders, some three dozen of them, circled the blazing fire. The smell of ...

Two groups of Native American horse riders are on their way to Mankato from from Nebraska and South Dakota, with both slated to gather downtown Dec. 26 to remember the 38 Dakota men who were hanged ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton is proclaiming Friday a Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation in Minnesota to mark the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Dakota-War of 1862. In a statement, Dayton ...

After a several-month consultation process, the Minnesota Historical Society has agreed to return the “Mankato hanging rope,” used to execute a Dakota man in 1862, to the Prairie Island Indian ...