American Indians

Indian Land Cessions and Reservations to 1858

Indian Land Cessions and Reservations to 1858

Map of Indian Land Cessions and Reservations to 1858, including the lands ceded by the Dakota in 1851.

Little Crow's Village on the Mississippi

Little Crow's Village on the Mississippi

Little Crow's village c. 1846-1848 on lands which were ceded to the United State by the Treaty of Mendota.

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

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

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

Pilots Knob. Mouth of the St. Peters River

Pilots Knob. Mouth of the St. Peters River

Pilot Knob c. 1846-1848, where the Treaty of Mendota was signed on August 5, 1851.

Henry H. Sibley

Henry H. Sibley

Henry H. Sibley was the chief representative for fur traders at the Treaties of Mendota and Traverse des Sioux. In this photograph Sibley wears his Brigadier General uniform from the U.S. Dakota War of 1862.

Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey, Territorial Governor circa 1848.

Little Crow

Little Crow

Dakota Chief Taoyateduta (Little Crow) sketched at Traverse des Sioux, Minnesota Territory in 1851 by artist Frank Blackwell Mayer

Mendota from Fort Snelling

Mendota from Fort Snelling

View of Mendota c. 1848, where treaty negotiations began on July 29, 1851.

The Treaty of Mendota

The Treaty of Mendota was signed between the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute bands of the Dakota and the United States Government in 1851. By signing this treaty and the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux the same year, the Dakota transferred ownership of their lands to the United States. The Treaties of 1851 opened millions of acres to white settlement. For the Dakota, the treaties represented a step towards the loss of their homeland, and the U.S. Dakota War of 1862.

Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut at the Head of the Lakes - 1679

Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut at the Head of the Lakes - 1679

Daniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut at the Head of the Lakes - 1679 (Created circa 1922).

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