Mankato, MN Site of the Largest Mass Execution in US History

When in Mankato, MN the http://motorhomediaries.com crew shot a video about the largest mass execution in U.S. history - the result of a conflict that flared up in 1862 between the U.S. government and the Dakota Indians. In this video MHD's Pete Eyre gives an overview of the background that set the stage for this event and shared a few of his thoughts in an attempt to uncover how such an event can be prevented/mitigated in the future.

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[asperin]

Largest mass execution in the US, that the general pubic knows of...

[Kalapasuca]

Lies my teacher told me is now becoming clear to me.

[meganbop2]

Good video

[squidbilly131]

my friend carved that buffalo, tom miller

[lonedove1981]

@furtivegain Who fired the first shot...

[713Ikon]

Fuck the Indians. They should have been smarter.

[Atniw]

Thank you for this....very very disturbing and enlightening at the same time. We have to accept our mistakes if we are to move forth in any way

[TehUberZombie]

My little cosin was unaware of the story behind the buffalo monument so she decided that the town just loved buffalo so much that they put a statue of one by the library. She's so cute xD

[jackasswannabees1]

I grew up a block away from thar buffalo back in those day of the hangings mankato was named mahkato it became mankato from a printing error

[thousandlegger]

it's SIBley not SILby.

[superstar9952]

Those were my ancesters And it was the lakota. they didnt give us food and we were starving to death and men stated to war and we lost and they brought us down to mankato and hung us!!!! gosh!!! all we wanted was for THE WHITE MAN TO FOLLOW UP ON THERE PROMISE!!! i was just there today i was saddd