South Dakota: Did you mean...?

This is the darkest chapter in Minnesota History. In Mankato, 38 Dakota were hanged in the largest mass execution in United States History. Just under Fort Snelling, over a thousand Dakota were held...

Dakota scaffold burial, illustration from page 159 of A Further Contribution to the Study of Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, 1881.

Ceremonial pipe. The bowl is made of soft red pipestone, also known as catlinite, with a carving and tin liner. Vojta Náprstek received the pipe as a gift from the Dakota in 1856. National Museum, Prague.

Today, Minnesota is a highly diverse and evolving state. Many initiatives are teaching residents about the state's true history, helping people to make sense of the past and move forward in a good way. Efforts...

A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal

Spain’s rapid expansion into South America followed the consolidation of its Caribbean footholds by 1512, marking a decisive shift from exploration to imperial...

Powder horn depicting Charles Town, South Carolina, 1770. Used for carrying gunpowder, this pre-Revolution powder horn is engraved with the fortified city of Charles Town (now Charleston), along...

A map highlighting the areas of settlement of various pre-Columbian civilizations in the northern areas of South America such as the Muisca, Tairona, and Quimbaya

Front page of the Charelston Mercury newspaper covering news in December 1860 that South Carolina had voted to secede from the United States of America. This action would trigger the Secession Crisis...

A Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) illustration showing pirates attacking merchant ships in the South China Sea. From the Qing Scroll. (Maritime Museum, Hong Kong)