| A | B |
|---|
| Annuity | annual payment of food and money |
| Agency | U.S. govt. field office |
| Traditional Dakota | Indians who maintained their culture and resisted efforts to make them like the whites |
| Farm Dakota | Indians who adopted some white ways including farming |
| Thomas Galbraith | Indian Agent at the Sioux Agencies - responsible for distributing annuities |
| Andrew Myrick | Trader - was killed by Dakota - ran stores with extra food and supplies - worked on a credit system |
| Samuel Hinman and John Williamson | missionaries who tried to convince Dakota to change their ways |
| Makato and Little Crow | Famous traditional Dakota leaders - killed near Hutchinson, MN |
| Taopi | Farm Dakota - cut hair, grew crops, lived in a brick house, went to church |
| Year MN became a state | 1858 |
| Reason to fight | Govt. was fighting the civil war |
| Who was fighting Dakota War | Traditional Dakota vs. Settlers/Govt. Personnel |
| 1st act of Violence | 4 Dakota killed 5 Settlers over some eggs |
| End of the war | Henry Sibley led 1,600 soldiers into battle - Indians realized they couldn't win and surrender |
| Reaction to Sibley's court decision | Settlers supported it after being outraged by innocent killings |
| Court Outcome | Lincoln approved 39 to be hung but only 38 were |
| Dakota living in MN | Sent to Fort Snelling prision - moved to SD reservation - Sent to Nebraska |
| Source of tension | annuities were late and less - traders stopped taking credit and make false transactions - Farm Dakota received more than Traditional Dakota - Missionaries didn't help out |
