Taoyateduta - Little Crow
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The Mdewakanton band of Dakota had a succession of leaders called Little Crow because of their ceremonial garb, which included the skin and wings of a raven or crow. The most well known Little Crow was Taoyateduta or "His Scarlet People."
Watercolor painting by: Thomas Waterman Wood
Creation: 1900
Content: Approximately 1860
Image Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: There Once Was a Kaposia Village
There Once Was a Kaposia Village
When the European settlers arrived in vicinity of Saint Paul, the Mdewakanton band of Dakota had already lived here for decades. They called the general area "Imniza-Ska" or "white cliffs” referring to the towering sandstone bluffs. …