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title: Mass Hanging of Dakota Sioux in Mankato, Minnesota
author: Library of Congress
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19936/mass-hanging-of-dakota-sioux-in-mankato-minnesota/
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updated: 2025-01-30
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# Mass Hanging of Dakota Sioux in Mankato, Minnesota
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## Image File
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## Image Caption
*Execution of the thirty-eight [Sioux](https://www.worldhistory.org/Sioux/) Indians at Mankato Minnesota, December 25, 1862.* Print by Buffalo: Hayes Litho. Co., c. 1883.
President [Abraham](https://www.worldhistory.org/Abraham,_the_Patriarch/) Lincoln ordered the mass execution of 38 [Native Americans](https://www.worldhistory.org/Native_Peoples_of_North_America/) in Minnesota for revolt against the government in 1862.
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Congress, L. o. (2025, January 30). Mass Hanging of Dakota Sioux in Mankato, Minnesota. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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