Review of Inkpaduta: Dakota Leader. By Paul N. Beck

• Main Author: Monnett, John H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2009
• Subjects: Other International and Area Studies; Indian; Beck; Spirit Lake; Nakota
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/1256; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/greatplainsquarterly/article/2255/viewcontent/BR_Monnett.pdf

Inkpaduta, the renowned Dakota leader, has for years been viewed by history in a negative light, a savage who wantonly perpetuated the infamous Spirit Lake Massacre in 1857. Following the Dakota War in Minnesota in 1862, Inkpaduta made his way west among Nakota and finally Lakota brethren and in so...