Viewing Douglas A. Hedin, "Application of Sioux Indians to Become Citizens." (1861).Douglas A. Hedin, "Application of Sioux Indians to Become Citizens." (1861).In June 1861 Judge Lewis Branson held a hearing in District Court, Mankato, Minnesota, on applications for citizenship of nine residents of the Hazelwood Republic under a law passed by the state legislature three months earlier. This is the story of those proceedings. |