What was the 1862 Dakota War?Tom RedmondDelano, Minnesota It was a tragic conflict of cultures, with two different ways of life trying to occupy the same land. The Santee Sioux, weakened by generations of warfare with the Chippewa, made a treaty and ended up selling their hunting grounds while retaining a small reservation. These were tough times for the Santee. Efforts by the government to turn them into farmers produced frustration among them. Unscrupulous traders kept them debauched. Still t
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