First Americans

The causes of it were ugly, the conduct of it was ugly and the aftermath was ugly.

Over 500 Minnesota settlers died in it. After the hangings, the US pushed the Dakota into reservations in South Dakota and Nebraska, where the conflict continued and included Little Big Horn and Wounded knee, 30 years later.

Hopefully the sculpture will get people talking and this terrible history can be more widely known and understood. It was a very dark time.

Update: The artist and the museum have decided to remove the sculpture.