Marpiya te najin
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Born
unknown
Died26 December 1862
Causeof deathExecution by hanging
OthernamesMarpiya Okinajin, He-who-lives-in-the-Clouds, Cut-Nose
Marpiya te najin | |
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 1 January 1909, Walker, T. B. and the Press of Hahn & Harmon Co.; courtesy of HathiTrust. From a descriptive catalogue with reproductions of life-size bust portraits. Originally exhibited in the Minnesota pioneers' portrait galleries on the State Fairgrounds in 1909. | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 26 December 1862 |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Other names | Marpiya Okinajin, He-who-lives-in-the-Clouds, Cut-Nose |
Marpiya te najin, or Marpiya Okinajin, literally "He-who-stands-in-the-Clouds", was a Dakota warrior noted for being one of the "38+2" Dakota warriors executed in Mankato, Minnesota[1] by the order of U.S. Army Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley for their resistance of U.S. Military incursions upon Dakota land in the Dakota War of 1862,[2][3] one of the American Indian Wars carried out in the American pursuit of the political-cultural philosophy Manifest Destiny. Marpiya te najin has also historically been known improperly by the mistranslated name Cut-Nose, which is considered inappropriate by many members of the Dakota people.