Little Crow

Little Crow, whose Dakota name was Taoyateduta, was a chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota. He reluctantly supported an offensive against Euro-American settlers after being persuaded by a Dakota soldiers' lodge. The Oceti Sakowin, also known as the Sioux, are an alliance of Native American peoples who speak three related Siouan languages: Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota. Before the mid-17th century, the Dakota were pushed from the Lake Superior region to present-day southern and western Minnesota by the Ojibwa. The Oceti Sakowin culture emphasized valor in warfare and resisted 19th-century incursions into their territory by white settlers. A failed Dakota uprising in 1862, led by Little Crow, resulted in the deaths of over 400 settlers and 30 Dakota people.123