On this day, Dec. 26, in 1862, 38 Dakota (Sioux) warriors were hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Hundreds of Dakota fighters were arrested and sentenced to death after the Dakota ...

MANKATO – The riders, some three dozen of them, circled the blazing fire. The smell of burnt sage hung in the winter air as the sounds of clopping horse hooves matched a ceremonial drumbeat. The ...

MANKATO, Minn. - Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday for the unveiling of a memorial to 38 Dakota men who were hanged 150 years ago to the day in what is the largest mass execution in U.S. history.

The Christmas holiday holds a different meaning for many in Minnesota. For Indigenous Minnesotans, it’s a somber reminder of the mass public execution of 38 Dakota ancestors in Mankato. Their memory ...

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) – Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday for the unveiling of a memorial to 38 Dakota men who were hanged 150 years ago to the day in what is the largest mass execution in U.S.

The group walked slowly and silently around Reconciliation Park on Monday to honor the 38 Dakota who were hanged in a mass execution in 1862. As each minute passed, a bell rang — 38 chimes in all.

Two groups of Native American horse riders are on their way to Mankato from from Nebraska and South Dakota, with both slated to gather downtown Dec. 26 to remember the 38 Dakota men who were hanged ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A noose that was used in the largest mass execution in U.S. history will be returned to a Dakota tribe, the Minnesota Historical Society announced. The society plans to repatriate what ...

A noose that was used in the largest mass execution in U.S. history will be returned to a Dakota tribe, the Minnesota Historical Society announced. The society plans to repatriate what is known as the ...