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Dakota leader Sakpedan (Little Six, “Shakopee III”) at Fort Snelling, 1864.
Wabasha's village, c.1845 on lands which were ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Mendota.
Oil-on-canvas painting of a camp of Dakota people participating in a medicine dance, ca. 1849. Painting by Seth Eastman.
The Dakota mission at Morton (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. The Sybil Carter Indian Lace Association operated a school on the site beginning in 1893.
Dakota people in tipis in a concentration camp on the Minnesota River below Fort Snelling, ca.1863. Photograph by Benjamin Franklin Upton.
A Dakota hanging picture frame made of decorated leather, probably for the commercial market, c.1900. The frame was purchased at either the Lower Brule Agency or the Crow Creek Agency in South Dakota.
Cuff created between 2012 and 2013 by Dakota/Navajo artist Dallas Goldtooth.
Lace doily made by Dakota women at Birch Coulee Mission, possibly as a result of the lace-making school, c.1890–1920.
Dakota summer lodge, ca. 1846–1848. Watercolor painting by Seth Eastman.
Dakota beaded wall pocket made c.1900.