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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Dakota War in Minnesota.  Over the next few months we'll learn more about what led to the conflict that ended in December, 1862 when 38 Dakota Indians were hanged in Mankato.  It remains the largest mass execution in U.S. history.

Cathy Wurzer talked with historian Annette Atkins about the role of the famed Dakota Indian leader Little Crow.  He grew up in "two worlds," speaking English and attending school. But Little Crow, or Taoyateduta, also led Indian attacks in war.

Click on the audio link above to hear the interview. Then listen to our 

previous interview with Atkins about the role Henry Hastings Sibley played in the Dakota War

," in 2002. It offered an in-depth look at the conflict.

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Cathy Wurzer talks with historian Annette Atkins about the role of Dakota Indian leader Little Crow in the Dakota War of 1862.

Little Crow was 'born to be a leader' in the Dakota War of 1862

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