As a new state, this meant that treaties between the U.S. government and the native tribes formed. These treaties mostly forced the Dakota and Ojibwe off their lands and onto reservations. These deteriorating conditions led to the Dakota War of 1862. The six-week war ended with the defeat ...
In 1956, the Indian Relocation Act was enacted by the federal government, aiming to assimilate American Indians by relocating them from reservations to major cities. This initiative brought predominantly Ojibwe and Dakota people to Minneapolis, significantly altering the city's demographic and cultural l...