Black and white photograph of Dakota leader Sakpedan (Little Six, “Shakopee III”) at Fort Snelling, 1864.

Dakota leader Sakpedan (Little Six, “Shakopee III”) at Fort Snelling

Dakota leader Sakpedan (Little Six, “Shakopee III”) at Fort Snelling, 1864.

Wah-ba-sha Village on the Mississippi River 650 Miles above St. Louis

Dakota Leader Wahbasha's Village on the Mississippi River

Wabasha's village, c.1845 on lands which were ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Mendota.

Painting of a Medicine Dance of the Dakota, 1849. Painting by Seth Eastman.

Dakota Medicine Dance

Oil-on-canvas painting of a camp of Dakota people participating in a medicine dance, ca. 1849. Painting by Seth Eastman.

Dakota mission at Morton (Birch Coulee)

Dakota mission at Morton (Birch Coulee)

The Dakota mission at Morton (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. The Sybil Carter Indian Lace Association operated a school on the site beginning in 1893.

Photograph of Dakota in a concentration camp on the Minnesota River below Fort Snelling. Photographed c.1863 by Benjamin Franklin Upton.

Dakota people in a concentration camp on the Minnesota River below Fort Snelling

Dakota people in tipis in a concentration camp on the Minnesota River below Fort Snelling, ca.1863. Photograph by Benjamin Franklin Upton.

Color image of 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.

Dakota picture frame

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.

Color image of a cuff created between 2012 and 2013 by Dakota/Navajo artist Dallas Goldtooth.

Dakota quillwork cuff

Cuff created between 2012 and 2013 by Dakota/Navajo artist Dallas Goldtooth.

photograph of a round lace doily

Dakota round lace doily

Lace doily made by Dakota women at Birch Coulee Mission, possibly as a result of the lace-making school, c.1890–1920.

Color image of a Dakota summer lodge, ca. 1846–1848. Watercolor painting by Seth Eastman.

Dakota summer lodge

Dakota summer lodge, ca. 1846–1848. Watercolor painting by Seth Eastman.

Color image of a Dakota beaded wall pocket made c.1900.

Dakota wall pocket

Dakota beaded wall pocket made c.1900.

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