Fort Snelling State Park

Historical & Cultural Resource Materials (PDF)

Books

The Santee Sioux by Nancy Bonvillain (primary level)
A history of the Dakota in Minnesota, including an overview of the Dakota Conflict of 1862.

Through Dakota Eyes
Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862
Edited by Gary Clayton Anderson and Alan R. Woolworth (teacher reference)

The Sioux Uprising of 1862 by Kenneth Carley (teacher reference)

Where Two Worlds Meet
The Great Lakes Fur Trade
Minnesota Historical Society Press (teacher reference)
Relates the story of the fur trade through the use of artifacts found throughout Minnesota.

The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume I and II
Edited by Elliot Coves, Dover Publications
Re-printing of the Journal entries of Pike during his expeditions, including his exploration of the upper Mississippi in 1805. (teacher reference)

Jonathan Carver's Travels Through America by Norman Geld, 1993

The Journal of Jonathan Carver and Related Documents by John Parker 1976 (out of print)

Up Country - Voices from the Great Lakes Wilderness, compiled and edited by William Joseph Send, 1989

Minnesota State Park Publications

History Explorer Activity Book
Activity Booklet designed to help students learn about the cultural history of Minnesota.
Cost, $4.95. Available at most of Minnesota=s State Parks. (primary)

Junior Park Naturalist Program
Free activity booklet designed to teach students about the cultural and natural history of Minnesota. Three different booklets are available, one for each of Minnesota=s three major biomes: prairie, hardwoods, and pinelands. Available at any Minnesota State Park. (primary)

Video

Dakota Exile, produced by KTCA Public Television
Re-counts the story of the US Dakota Conflict of 1862. (upper primary to adult level)