I saw the article in this morning’s StarTribune, Protesters decry ’shameful history’, about how a couple dozen Dakota people halted the sesquicentennial wagon train at Fort Snelling yesterday… and the plans for a march to the State Capitol today where festivities were planned to launch Minnesota’s Sesquicentennial week.
So I drove up to Indian Mounds Park at about 10 am and took photos and video of the speeches and ceremonies there. I then followed the protestors on their march from the park to Capitol. (The Strib has posted a story tonight on their web site about today’s events at the Capitol titled Minnesota’s Sesquicentennial: Celebration, somber protest.)
The protest was organized by leaders of the Take Down the Fort campaign, including Waziyatawin Angela Wilson, Jim Anderson, Chris Mato Nunpa, and Denise Breton.
See the album of 75+ photos or this slideshow:
Here’s another link to a quicktime movie of the actual protest. Found on twincities.indymedia.org.
http://ignatz.tv/snelling.mov
Shows it all…
Thanks for that link, Scott.
The folks at the Mendota Mdewakanton have a blog on their homepage with lots of links, too:
http://mendotadakota.com/mn/