Reclaiming Mni Sota: An Alternate History of the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862

Winner! 34th Annual Midwest Book Award for Literary/Contemporary/Historical Fiction

Two cultures met in Minnesota-one striving to maintain its homeland and traditions, another trying to create a life of freedom, prosperity, and abundance.

Samuel Copeland was just a teenager in 1859 when he and his family left Vermont for the promise of a new life in Minnesota. But life is harder and more dangerous than he expected. Devastated by the loss of his father at the hands of Indians and seeking to p...