The scalp, skull, and wristbones of Little Crow, a Dakota commander during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 who died in its aftermath, were obtained and displayed for decades at the Minnesota Historical Society, an institution originally established by the government of the Minnesota Territory.[8] In another instance connected to battlefield success and to the American mutilation of Japanese war dead, President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt was given a gift of a letter-opener made of a Japanese soldier's arm by U.S. Representative Francis E. Walter in 1944.[9][10] After a call by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo for "respect for the laws of humanity even in total war" Roosevelt ordered the item to be returned to its sender and recommended it be properly buried.[11]