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I have moved your contribution to Dakota War of 1862 here. It is not really an appropriate place for a film review. Also, the films' articles suggest that only a small part of the second film is relevant. I might be wrong on this though, having not seen the films. I suggest that you work the material into the films' article and then add just a short link to it from the Dakota War article. I have also added wikilinking to your text in appropriate places.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  09:41, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Text from Dakota War of 1862
Readers might also wish to view a superb 1971 Swedish film, perhaps the best film ever made on the European settlement of America, directed by Jan Troell starring Max von Sydow made in two parts, The Emigrants, and, The New Land, which depicts the war's events in some detail, showing the mass hanging of the Dakotas as well as the worst of the atrocities committed on the settlers. The film itself is a family's odyssey from rural poverty in Sweden to a new life in Minnesota, without the gloss one expects from films intended for American audiences, yet sympathetic to the people whose deepest desire was the material security which land plus their hard work and sacrifice might obtain. Rkthomas13 (talk) 01:34, 9 October 2008 (UTC)