Hey Tim,
I believe that MN was basically a war zone buddy, the Santee Sioux, the Ojibwa, Odawa, Menomine, Ho Chunk and a slew of other Algonquian speaking people did a lot of fighting up in yer neck of the woods but I believe that the Santee were displaced by an allied force of Ojibwa and their allies back in the day, El D may have more info but there was a large number of allies, winnebago, Ho Chunk, menominee, miami, fox, saulk, just to name a few!!!!.....ya may want to check yer emails too!
half eye