The Dakota Conflict, or Great Sioux Uprising as it was called, occurred 150 years ago in 1862 and became identified as part of the American Civil War. This collector's edition is set amongst this theater of the American Civil War, where the Sioux Nation rebelled against Minnesota and led to some of the bloodiest conflicts of the period.

"Blood on the Prairie" tells the story of the Sioux uprising as seen through the eyes of those who witnessed the atrocities of this Indian war. Whites and Indians, both historical and fictional, tell the story of the uprising as they perceived it, and readers are allowed to form their own conclusions of these events.

Blood on the Prairie: A Novel of the Sioux Uprising is an historical fiction novel based upon the events of the Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota, now referred to as the Dakota Conflict. The author is a direct descendant of paternal familial residents of Mankato Minnesota at that time. Mankato was also the site of the hanging of 38 Sioux warriors convicted of committing atrocities against Minnesota settlers during the Dakota Conflict. This remains the largest mass execution in United States history. The hanging execution was carried out by the Union Army per the order of President Abraham Lincoln, and was an action of the American Civil War. The Dakota Conflict remains controversial to this day.

Also known as the Dakota Conflict and the Dakota War of 1862, this bloody and tragic episode in Minnesota's history was one of a series of Indian wars on the Northern Plains that did not end until 1890 with the infamous Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota.

This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.

Joseph Le Conte (February 26, 1823 - July 6, 1901) was born in Liberty County, Georgia. He received an M.D. degree from the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1845. After four years of practicing medicine, he entered Harvard University and studied natural history under Louis Agassiz. After graduating from Harvard, he taught at Oglethorpe University, Franklin College and South Carolina College. In 1869, Le Conte moved to the University of California, Berkeley, where he remained the rest of his life, teaching mainly in geology. In 1870 he visited Yosemite Valley and became friends with John Muir. Concerned about resource exploitation, Le Conte and Muir with others founded the Sierra Club in 1892. Le Conte died while visiting Yosemite Valley. Le Conte and his wife Caroline Nisbet, had four children.