The first explorers in the area were likely the Dakota tribes who had moved into the present-day Twin Cities area.

The site chosen by Lake was on the suggestion of Chief Whitecap of the Dakota tribe.

Blanchette, determined to settle at the site, asked if Guillet, who had become the chief of a Dakota tribe, had chosen a name for it.

When this came true, the Dakota tribes were miserable.

The site is significant within the history of the Minnesota River valley, the Dakota tribe, and Bloomington.

The 23 skulls in the collection were given to the Dakota tribe at Morton, Minnesota for burial.

Gray Wolf is a Native American of the Dakota tribe, and also a forest ranger.

They were captured by a Dakota tribe in 1680.

One of the missions of the fort was to mediate disputes between the Ojibwe and the Dakota tribes.

He lived with the Dakota tribe of American Indians for a winter.