Sioux

This map, courtesy of the National Park Service, is titled "Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876." It shows the movements of the Sioux tribe leading up to the Battle of Little Bighorn. 

This war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land from us without price."

--Spotted Tail

The report and journal of proceedings of the commission appointed to obtain certain concessions from the Sioux Indians, December 26,…

<p><span class="deck"> Minnesota’s Sioux uprising began with senseless murder on a peaceful Sunday afternoon. Before it ended, the smell of death was everywhere</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">So spoke Sitting Bull, greatest of Sioux chiefs, as he bitterly watched his people bargain away their Dakota homeland</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">A Cheyenne historian whose grandfather was in the battle sheds new light on the slaughter of Custer and his troopers</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Giacomo Beltrami’s discoveries were mostly illusory, but he had a glorious time making them, and the people of Minnesota have never forgotten his name.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Surrounded, starving, far from help, Major Forsyth and his gallant little band of scouts prepared to face wave after wave of Indians.</span> </p>