NUMEROUS TREATY VIOLATIONS

The Dakota never saw most of the money they were owed. The reservation decreased from 50 miles on either side of the Minnesota River in 1851 to 10 miles by 1858. The treaty failed to provide a new sustainable life for the Dakota. Crop failures, lack of game, and broken

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Millet, Francis Davis. The Signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. 1905. Nicollet County Historical Society Collections.

1851 TREATY OF TRAVERSE DES SIOUX

The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed on July 23, 1851, was a turning point in state and national history.

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