On December 16, 1862, Representative William Windom introduced a Winnebago removal bill in the House of Representatives, and on the same day Senator Morton S. Wilkinson introduced in the Senate two similar bills applying to both [Dakota] and [Ho-Chunk]. These men, both Republicans and known friends of the Lincoln administration had been embarrassed by the presidents commutation of the death sentence of all but thirty-eight of the over three hundred convicted Sioux.Wilkinson, especially, was under pressure to make an anti-Indian move since both his home-town newspapers, The Mankato Record and the Mankato Independent, had called for the hanging of all convicted Sioux. The Sioux Act was passed the following March 3rd, with general wording as to provide for a far-reaching authority for Indian agencies. This exile law has yet to be repealed by the State of Minnesota. Today our relatives live, thrive and strive to heal and forgive. We remember the lives of the men, women and children, the lives our ancestors gave and we remember why we are still here. #madakota #wokiksuye
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:12:40 +0000
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