Acrylic on Panel34 inches x 61 inches x 2 inchesAvailable
$5,000.00 USD
Artist Comments
I created this image to mark the 150th anniversary of the event ot the 1862 U.S./Dakota War. The war spread through the Minnesota River valley and ended with the hanging of thirty-eight Dakota on December 26, 1862, in Mankato MN. The Dakota were hanged simultaneously in the largest mass execution in the history of the United States. Of those tried, 303 men were sentenced to death. after review of the court hearings President Abraham Lincoln commuted the sentences of all but forty Dakota men. Of the condemned forty only thirty-eight were hanged on December 26, 1862.
The fabric of the United States has been woven by events throughout time. The hanging of the thirty –eight Dakota on December 26th in 1862 is one of those events. This piece depicts the United States flag of 1862 with thirty-four stars and thirteen strips. The raised names of those thirty-eight Dakota are woven into the history of the United States, here woven into the flag.
These are the names of the thirty- eight Dakota painted in the flag: Tah ta kay gay, Ta tay hde don, Hda hin day, Te he hdo ne cha, Hypolite Ange, Ha pink pa, Do wan sa, Pa zee koo tay ma ne, Wa she choon, Mahpe o ke na ji, O ya tay a koo, Na pay shne, Baptiste Campbell, Ha tan in koo, Wa he hna, Ma kat e na jin, Toon kan ka yag e na jin, Shoon ka ska, Sna ma ni, Rda in yan kna, Ptan doo ta, Chay ton hoon ka, E tay hoo tay, Hin han shoon ko yag, Henry Milord, Wah pay du ta, Chaskay don, Muz za boom a du, Wa kin yan na, Am da cha, Ha pan, Wa kan tan, Chan ka h d a, Wy a tah ta wah, A e cha ga, Toon kan e chah tay mane, May hoo way wa, Hay pee don
I created this image to mark the 150th anniversary of the event ot the 1862 U.S./Dakota War. The war spread through the Minnesota River valley and ended with the hanging of thirty-eight Dakota on December 26, 1862, in Mankato MN. The Dakota were hanged simultaneously in the largest mass execution in the history of the United States. Of those tried, 303 men were sentenced to death. after review of the court hearings President Abraham Lincoln commuted the sentences of all but forty Dakota men. Of the condemned forty only thirty-eight were hanged on December 26, 1862.
The fabric of the United States has been woven by events throughout time. The hanging of the thirty –eight Dakota on December 26th in 1862 is one of those events. This piece depicts the United States flag of 1862 with thirty-four stars and thirteen strips. The raised names of those thirty-eight Dakota are woven into the history of the United States, here woven into the flag.
These are the names of the thirty- eight Dakota painted in the flag: Tah ta kay gay, Ta tay hde don, Hda hin day, Te he hdo ne cha, Hypolite Ange, Ha pink pa, Do wan sa, Pa zee koo tay ma ne, Wa she choon, Mahpe o ke na ji, O ya tay a koo, Na pay shne, Baptiste Campbell, Ha tan in koo, Wa he hna, Ma kat e na jin, Toon kan ka yag e na jin, Shoon ka ska, Sna ma ni, Rda in yan kna, Ptan doo ta, Chay ton hoon ka, E tay hoo tay, Hin han shoon ko yag, Henry Milord, Wah pay du ta, Chaskay don, Muz za boom a du, Wa kin yan na, Am da cha, Ha pan, Wa kan tan, Chan ka h d a, Wy a tah ta wah, A e cha ga, Toon kan e chah tay mane, May hoo way wa, Hay pee don
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