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"A Poem to and for the 38 Dakota Men Who Were Hanged"
by Layli Long Soldier #Dakota38 +2 https://onbeing.org/poetry/38/
"A Poem to and for the 38 Dakota Men Who Were Hanged"
by Layli Long Soldier #Dakota38 +2 https://onbeing.org/poetry/38/
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Link to poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/161866/38
BY LAYLI LONG SOLDIER
(Excerpted…)
The Dakota 38 refers to thirty eight Dakota men who were executed by hanging under orders from President Abraham Lincoln; the largest “legal” mass execution in US history, on Dec 26, 1862. 1:3 Link to poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/161866/38