Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life

by Diane Wilson and Diane Wilson

Book Overview

"Far greater even than the loss of land, or the relentless coercion to surrender cultural traditions, the deaths of over six hundred children by the spring of 1864 were an unbearable tragedy. Nearly one hundred and fifty years after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Dakota people are still struggling with the effects of this unimaginable loss."

Among the Dakota, the Beloved Child ceremony marked the special, tender affection that parents felt toward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681340747
• ISBN13: 9781681340746
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"