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Dakota Expulsion Act

Federal law of 1863 ending all treaties with the Dakota and making it illegal for them to live in Minnesota; the Minnesota Historical Society says it has never been repealed.

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  • U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Scholarship & press 1

    The Minnesota Historical Society says the Act “has never been repealed”; the statute book was not checked here.

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  1. 1863 Dakota Expulsion Act
  2. 1863 United States government signed into law Dakota Expulsion Act
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  1. Timeline, U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Minnesota Historical Society. Scholarship & press
    A federal law, the Dakota Expulsion Act, abrogates all Dakota treaties and makes it illegal for Dakota to live in the state of Minnesota. The act applies to all Dakota, regardless of whether they joined the war in 1862. This law has never been repealed.
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