Tag Archives: historical fiction
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Using Depredation Claims as a Research Source
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally published July 18, 2020 The Depredation Claims filed by the survivors of the Lake Shetek settlement provided a host …
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Depredation Claims
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally published July 11, 2020 In the immediate months following the U.S.-Dakota War, Whites who had suffered material loss began …
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The Fool Soldiers
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally published May 3, 2020 The Fool Soldiers played a vital role in the fate of the Lake Shetek captives. …
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Frederick Manfred
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally published Mar. 15, 2020 I first read the novel SCARLET PLUME when I was in junior high, having heard …
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John Other-day : Man and Historian
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally published Feb. 16, 2020 While most accounts of the Dakota Conflict came from White survivors, some Dakota and mixed-blood …
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Other Battles of the Dakota Conflict
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally published Feb. 1, 2020 The Upper Sioux Agency was located upriver from the Lower Sioux Agency and Fort Ridgely. …
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The Attack on the Lower Sioux agency and the Battle of Fort Ridgely
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally Published Jan. 25, 2020 The headquarters of the Lower Sioux Agency was among the first sites to be attacked …
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A General Overview of the Dakota Conflict
Leave a commentFebruary 1, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally published Jan. 4, 2020 When the four young Wahpeton youths who had killed the Whites near Acton rode into …
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An Inside Glimpse into Researching Never Let Go
Leave a commentJanuary 31, 2024 by pamelanowak
Originally published November 30, 2019 Researching for a historical novel is a bit different from researching for scholarly writing yet …
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