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It's true that 38 (not 39) Dakota men were executed on December 26, 1862, in America's largest mass execution ever. But the eRumor's first false claim is that the men were executed for things like "hunting off of their assigned reservation."

The truth is that the Dakota men were hanged after a bloody conflict with white settlers. The Dakota were frustrated with late annuity payments for land, with corrupt traders and government officials, and with not having a way for their complaints to be heard, according to records kept by the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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