John Legg, (Ph.D. candidate, George Mason University) discusses the war with the Dakota in 1862 which took place in south central Minnesota. Legg has studied the Dakota extensively for years and his Master’s degree focused on the war and historical memory. John has a book chapter that will be published soon on the Oregon Trail video game—an old school game that certainly inspired many people to study history. You can follow him on Twitter @thejohnlegg
Episode 25: Understanding Utopian Movements in the 19th Century
Episode 24: Traveling through the 1820s
Episode 23: Bringing Home the Bacon: Money In Early America
Episode 22: Birth Control and Abortion in American History
Episode 21: Creating a Government for a New Nation
Episode 19: The Pueblo Revolt
Episode 18: A Change of Dress: Women and 19th Century Reform
Episode 17: Gender, Labor & the Lowell Mills
Episode 16: New England Witches Before Salem
Episode 15: Slavery in New England
Episode 14: Alexander Hamilton: More than a Song and a Dance
Episode 13: Cooking an American Identity
Episode 12: Female Soldiers in the American Revolution
Episode 11: Charlotte Forten: Radical, Teenaged, Abolitionist
Episode Ten: Sickness and Health in British North America
Episode Nine: African American Soldiers and the Families’ Civil War
Episode Eight: Marbury v. Madison and the U.S. Supreme Court
Episode Seven: The War at Home: Paso Del Norte During and After the Mexico-U.S. War
Episode Six: Politics, Protest & the War with Mexico
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