Opinion

In 1870, Gen. D. S. Stanley was in command of the military district of Dakota, with headquarters at Fort Sully. The U. S. Infantry was stationed at the different forts in the territory and at the Indian agencies which included the Whetstone Agency. From all available accounts, relations were unusually quiet and peaceable.

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“There’s nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.” That quote hung on a gate on our family farm and ranch growing up. It wasn’t until years later that I realized who said those words: the Gipper himself, President Ronald Reagan.

A new Indian policy was inaugurated with the coming in of President Grant’s adminis tration in 1869. It was intended to rely primarily on peaceful diplomacy and ample rations available at all times. The government was to maintain peaceful relations not only between the Indians and whites, but between the various Indian nations as well.

oem Growing up on our family farm and ranch, there were two time periods that were busiest: calving season in the spring and harvest in the fall. The time has come for farmers to harvest most of their crops.

On Monday, September 16, 2024, Governor Kristi Noem wrote to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to take action to address public safety on Native American reservations in South Dakota.

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The murder of General Mc Cook on the evening of September 11, 1873 in Yankton by Peter Wintermute and the ensuing trial was the “cause célèbre” of territorial days in the Dakota Territory. That term was first used in a 37-volume collection of French court decisions from the 17th and 18th centuries.

As I watch my grandchildren grow and learn, I’m reminded of something that I learned as a young parent: our kids are capable of learning far more (and more quickly) than we realize before we see it for ourselves. They watch everything that we do, and their little developing brains absorb it shockingly fast.

The first great case in Dakota Territory to try the grit and strength of the lawyers was the Wintermute murder trial in 1874. Wintermute shot and killed General McCook, secretary of Dakota Territory, on the evening of September 11, 1873 in Yankton.