Photograph of Birch Coulee lace makers and their lace

Dakota lace makers at Redwood Agency (Birch Coulee), Morton

Dakota lace makers at Redwood Agency (Birch Coulee), Morton.

Photograph of four lace makers at the Redwood Mission in Morton, Minnesota

Dakota lace makers at the Redwood Mission (Birch Coulee)

Dakota lace makers at the Redwood Mission (Birch Coulee), Morton, 1897.

Dakota lace makers in Morton

Dakota lace makers in Morton

Dakota lace makers display their work at a photography studio in Morton, Minnesota (Birch Coulee), ca. 1900. Pictured are (left to right): Mary Wabasha, Lucy Thomas, Amelia St. Clair, Julia Jones, Julia Lawrence, and Hanna Wells. Collection III.40.102, Minnesota Historical Society.

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter

Dakota lace makers with Sybil Carter, ca. 1905.

Dakota lace makers, including Maggie Whipple

Dakota lace makers, including Maggie Whipple

Dakota lace makers from Birch Coulee, including Maggie Whipple, display their work at a photography studio in Morton, Minnesota, ca. 1900. Collection III.40.101, Minnesota Historical Society.

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.

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