After being taken captive during the Dakota uprising of 1862, a Minnesota doctor’s wife forms an unexpected bond with the Dakota warrior who protects her—only to face a devastating choice when he is later accused of murder.
Inspired by the memoir Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees by Sarah Wakefield, Dakota 1862: An Uncivil War tells the story of a frontier woman caught between two worlds during one of the most tragic conflicts in American history.
When violence erupts between settlers and the Dakota people, Sarah Wakefield and her children are taken captive. Protected by the Dakota man Chaska, she survives the war—but when he is later arrested and falsely accused of murder, Sarah must decide whether to risk her reputation, her marriage, and her place in society to tell the truth and try to save him.
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