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The letters contained in this book, written by Dakota prisoners held at Camp McClellen in Davenport, IA following the . Again I thank Clifford Canku for bringing a part of history I knew nothing about. I don't know if my 2nd great grandfather and grandmother went to these camps.

The letters contained in this book, written by Dakota prisoners held at Camp McClellen in Davenport, IA following the Dakota - . War of 1862, have been translated into Dakota English, and are heartbreaking and revealing. They give voice to a group of people who's own history has been largely written from the white perspective, and are of great historical and cultural importance. The letters are addressed to Christian missionary Rev. Stephen Riggs and one to Henry Sibley. Their names are Hus'te and Oicobe.

In April 1863 after the Dakota War of 1862, after the hanging of thirty-eight Dakota menin the largest mass execution in . history some 270 Dakota men were movedfrom Mankato, Minnesota, to a prison atCamp McClellan in Davenport, Iowa. Separatedfrom their wives, children, and elderrelatives, with inadequate shelter, they livedthere for three long, wretched years. Morethan 120 men died.

Dakota elders Clifford Canku and Michael Simon, fluent Dakota speakers, provide both the transcription and the first published . Dr. Clifford Canku is an assistant professor of Dakota Studies at North Dakota State University

Dakota elders Clifford Canku and Michael Simon, fluent Dakota speakers, provide both the transcription and the first published translation of fifty of these letters, culled from Riggs’s papers at the Minnesota Historical Society. Clifford Canku is an assistant professor of Dakota Studies at North Dakota State University.

Dakota men imprisoned at Davenport, Iowa after the war sent letters to Presbyterian missionary Stephen Riggs. In recent years, several translation projects have been underway. In their letters, the men detailed conditions in the prison, inquired about their futures, and asked Riggs to advocate on their behalf. This letter, dated April 17, 1865, was sent from Mowis Itewakanhdiota to Stephen Riggs.

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