Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees

Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees
Author: Sarah F. Wakefield
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2015-01-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0806148977

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The Dakota War (1862) was a searing event in Minnesota history as well as a signal event in the lives of Dakota people. Sarah F. Wakefield was caught up in this revolt. A young doctor’s wife and the mother of two small children, Wakefield published her unusual account of the war and her captivity shortly after the hanging of thirty-eight Dakotas accused of participation in the "Sioux uprising." Among those hanged were Chaska (We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee), a Mdewakanton Dakota who had protected her and her children during the upheaval. In a distinctive and compelling voice, Wakefield blames the government for the war and then relates her and her family’s ordeal, as well as Chaska’s and his family’s help and ultimate sacrifice. This is the first fully annotated modern edition of Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees. June Namias’s extensive introduction and notes describe the historical and ethnographic background of Dakota-white relations in Minnesota and place Wakefield’s narrative in the context of other captivity narratives.


Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees
Language: en
Pages: 213
Authors: Sarah F. Wakefield
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-28 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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The Dakota War (1862) was a searing event in Minnesota history as well as a signal event in the lives of Dakota people. Sarah F. Wakefield was caught up in this
Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees
Language: en
Pages: 97
Authors: Sarah F. Wakefield
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Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees is a reprint of the classic narrative of Sarah Wakefield's survival. Told in her own words, this compelling tale was a best seller
Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees
Language: en
Pages: 187
Authors: Sarah F. Wakefield
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-28 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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The Dakota War (1862) was a searing event in Minnesota history as well as a signal event in the lives of Dakota people. Sarah F. Wakefield was caught up in this
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Language: en
Pages: 554
Authors: Gregory Michno
Categories: History
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Captivity narratives have been a standard genre of writings about Indians of the East for several centuries.a Until now, the West has been almost entirely negle