![]() Additionally, the Winnebago tribe of Indians was permanently forced beyond the borders of the state of Minnesota.² In the same way as the Dakota, 1,945 Winnebago were cramped onto steamboats, sent south down the Mississippi, and then north on the Missouri to their final destination at Crow Creek, South Dakota.³ ¹ The Dakota, however, were not the only tribe of Indians expelled from Minnesota at that time. Shortly following the hangings, in May, 1863, the entire tribe of Dakota Indians had been permanently expelled from the state of Minnesota. On December 26, 1862, thirty-eight Dakota Indians were hanged in Mankato, Minnesota, as a result of their involvement in U.S. – Dakota Conflict of 1862 acted as the necessary catalyst for the people of southern Minnesota to influence legislation and provoke the unwarranted expulsion of the Winnebago Indians. Despite clear evidence that the Winnebago Indians took no part in the Conflict of 1862, public sentiment exceedingly favored removal. They lived peaceably and had made marked improvements upon the land as documented by Indian Agents. Prior to the conflict, the Winnebago Indians had been promised a permanent home. This act of law came in the aftermath of the U.S. In February of 1863 the Winnebago Indians of southern Minnesota were exiled from beyond the state of Minnesota forever. Unwarranted Expulsion: The Removal of the Winnebago Indians ![]()
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