Execution and Extermination | U.S.-Dakota War, Part Two (North Country Chapter Eleven Summary and Discussion)

Governor Alexander Ramsey said, "The Sioux Indians of Minnesota must be exterminated or driven forever beyond the borders of the state."

In this episode: The surrenders at Camp Release, along with the retribution of the government and the settlers. Henry Sibley leads hundreds of sham trials. Abraham Lincoln struggles with the politics of executing fighters. The State of Minnesota puts a bounty of indigenous scalps. Little Crow returns to Minnesota.

The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 is a murky historical event. The truth that we can verify is deeply troubling. This podcast has discussions of genocide, mass executions, and violence against children. Listener discretion is advised.

Sam Temple and Logan Ledman discuss and explain Chapter Eleven of North Country, by Mary Lethert Wingerd.

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