the Dakota people in Santee will honor the 150th anniversary of the hanging deaths of 38 Dakota Sioux Indians — the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The men were hanged Dec. 26 ...

On December 26, 1862, 38 Santee Sioux braves were hanged in a mass execution for their roles in a rebellion against US authorities in Minnesota which left hundreds dead and made refugees of some ...

Their crime: killing 490 white settlers, including women and children, in the Santee Sioux uprising the previous August. The execution took place on a giant square scaffold in the center of town ...

the Dakota people in Santee, Neb., will honor the 150th anniversary of the hanging deaths of 38 Dakota Sioux Indians - the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The men were hanged Dec. 26 ...

Their crime: killing 490 white settlers, including women and children, in the Santee Sioux uprising the previous August. The execution took place on a giant square scaffold in the center of town ...