There’s no question there were atrocities committed against settlers who were not to blame. What you ignore however is that the Dakota were given damned good reason to feel aggrieved. The Federal govt and specifically the Alincoln administration broke their word and the treaty they had signed. Afterward they committed numerous atrocities against the Dakota (and even Winnebago who were not involved) while several of the crooked bastards lined their pockets as a result. A lot of the Dakota and Winnebago were every bit as innocent as the settlers were. The real bad guy here is the Federal govt - especially the Lincoln administration.
im sorry, but there is never a good reason to smash babies skulls in front of their mothers before raping and torturing them, as well as dissecting settlers while alive and other atrocities documented as having been committed by the Sioux, Comanche and other tribes. One well known tribe (whos name escapes me now) were outright cannibals, treating the hands and feet of their captured as delicacies. Is there ever a good reason for that? Sorry, but No moral equivalency here. Whatever abuse was eventually bestowed upon the tribes was mainly in retribution for the countless atrocities that were committed upon innocent people.
So go talk to Mr Lincoln about that and quit telling us all about these make believe noble savages. They were not.
And they are all long past at this point.
I grew up in Northern Minnesota and had some Native American friends in high school and college. Most were good people but the ones living in the past weren't among them. They would show up at the pow wows to get drunk and plan where they were going to steal their next car. Get over it and make something of yourself or your children may well be caught in the same ugly spiral of alcohol, crime and sometimes suicide.
Victimhood is like that: it gets you nowhere.