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This Day in Minnesota History

July 29, 1856

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Missionary Stephen R. Riggs and a group of Dakota at the Upper Sioux Agency in Yellow Medicine County form the "Hazelwood Republic," a system of self-government. The republic has a president, secretary, and judges, and its members saved lives during the US–Dakota War of 1862.

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First published: July 1, 2015
Last modified: July 31, 2023