Cloud Man
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Cloud Man was a Dakota chief. The child of French and Mdewakanton parents, he founded the agricultural community Ḣeyate Otuŋwe on the shores of Bde Maka Ska in 1829 after being trapped in a snowstorm
Ḣeyate Otuŋwe, painted by George Catlin between 1835 and 1836
Dakota–Ojibwe War
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The Dakota–Ojibwe War was fought between the Dakota and Ojibwe from the late 1730s to 1858. The war happened mostly within the borders of what is now Minnesota and Wisconsin. Neither side would claim
Cloud Man
…and 81 children. Ḣeyate Otuŋwe was abandoned that year as Cloud Man feared retaliation from nearby members of the Ojibwe, following the fighting of the Dakota-Ojibwe War reaching nearby. Cloud Man and his band moved to the shores of the Minnesota River, close to Bloomington, Minnesota. In 1851, Cloud Man moved with his…
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