A showing of the film “Dakota 38” will take place at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, at First Parish UCC Church.
The film tells the story of the December 2008 commemorative ride by members of the Dakota tribe, who rode horses from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota. The now-yearly ride commemorates the Dec. 26, 1862 execution of 38 indigenous Dakota men in Mankato, which took place just after the “Dakota Uprising” of 1862. (It is the largest mass execution in U.S. history.) The film will be introduced by local filmmaker Silas Hagerty, who will lead a discussion following the showing.