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The darkest chapter in Minnesota’s history, through the rise and fall of one Dakota leader »Story by Curt Brown, photographs by David Joles and video by Jim Gehrz

Part 1: A man lost in history - Little Crow’s life spans a long, dark chapter in Minnesota’s past.

Part 2: Born to lead - In the final years of traditional Dakota life in Minnesota, Little Crow’s mother prepared him to lead his people in a time of wrenching change.

Part 3: ‘When men are hungry, they help themselves’ - With his people starving and treaty payments too late to help, Little Crow is pushed toward war.

Part 4: Terror spreads across the prairie - Little Crow hands white leaders one humiliation after another. But his control of the war is slipping.

Part 5: In Little Crow’s wake, horrors for the Dakota - The Dakota face mobs, bounties and a death camp for their children.

Part 6: Little Crow’s legacy - A decision to slip back into Minnesota proves to be a fatal error.

Video documentaries and readings of historical texts.

Part 1: A man lost in history - Little Crow’s life spans a long, dark chapter in Minnesota’s past.

Part 2: Born to lead - In the final years of traditional Dakota life in Minnesota, Little Crow’s mother prepared him to lead his people in a time of wrenching change.

Part 3: ‘When men are hungry, they help themselves’ - With his people starving and treaty payments too late to help, Little Crow is pushed toward war.

Part 4: Terror spreads across the prairie - Little Crow hands white leaders one humiliation after another. But his control of the war is slipping.

Part 5: In Little Crow’s wake, horrors for the Dakota - The Dakota face mobs, bounties and a death camp for their children.

Part 6: Little Crow’s legacy - A decision to slip back into Minnesota proves to be a fatal error.

Video documentaries and readings of historical texts.

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