The latest episode of This American Life is a big one: it talks about the Dakota War of 1862. Heard of it? I hadn’t, either.
What I learned was pretty awful stuff: a bloody battle between Native Americans and white settlers in Minnesota that ended in a public hanging and, in time, the US government dropping all promises to the Dakota. It’s all amazing and before yesterday, I was totally ignorant about it.
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