Big Eagle
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Big Eagle was the chief of a band of Mdewakanton Dakota in Minnesota. He played an important role as a military leader in the Dakota War of 1862. Big Eagle surrendered soon after the Battle of Wood La
Chief Big Eagle (1864)
Big Eagle (far left) went to Washington, DC in 1858 as part of the Mdewakanton & Wahpkute Dakota Treaty Delegation
Chief Big Eagle (1858)
Chief Wabasha (1858)
Dakota people
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The Dakota are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government in North America. They compose two of the three main subcultures of the Sioux people, and are typically divided into the Easter
Big Eagle
…Big Eagle (Dakota: Waŋbdí Táŋka, c. 1827–1906) was the chief of a band of Mdewakanton Dakota in Minnesota. He played an important role as a military leader in the Dakota War of 1862. Big Eagle surrendered soon after the Battle of Wood Lake and…
Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938), Yankton author, photographed by Joseph Keiley
Charles Alex Eastman (1858–1939), physician, author, and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
Probably Yankton, Sioux. Bow, Bow Case, Arrows and Quiver at the Brooklyn Museum