“We Honor the 38” The Mahkato Wacipi came from a vision. This
wacipi started with efforts to reunify the Native American
people and the White man. The division between these peoples
stems from the Dakotah Uprising of 1862 in which promised food
and blankets to the Dakotah did not arrive. Unable to get any
credit from local merchants the Dakotah were left to starve. A
famous quote from the day was “Let them eat grass!” At this
stage any spark would have started a fire. That spark came when
two young men ran across some eggs in Acton, MN. A white farm
family claimed the eggs and would not give them up. Fighting
broke out and the two young men ended up killing the farmer and
his wife. After this the two young men ran back to their village
and told the elders what had occurred; the elders knew that war
was imminent. Little Crow reluctantly took the responsibility of
defending the Dakotah nation. Many bloody battles occurred and
in the end the Dakotah surrendered at Camp Release. After the
surrender the Dakotah we