Nation / Tribe
Sioux of St. Peter’s River
The Sioux of St. Peter’s River refers to the Dakota Sioux bands, primarily the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute, who lived along the Minnesota River (historically called the St. Peter’s River) in present-day southern Minnesota. These eastern Dakota communities were among the first Siouan peoples to engage in sustained diplomatic contact with the United States.nnThey entered into treaties at Portage des Sioux and other locations in the 1810s and 1820s as part of broader U.S. efforts to establish peace and trade agreements with the various Sioux bands following the War of 1812.
Portrait: George Catlin, "Chá-tee-wah-née-che, No Heart, Chief of the Wah-ne-watch-to-nee-nah Band," 1832. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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