The Duluth News Tribune ran an article on Sunday titled, Highway 23 bridge at St. Louis River renamed to honor American Indian veterans. (The full-text is no longer available on their site but there is a Google cached version here. Thumbail photo above links to a page of photos of the Fond du Lac Bridge, its previous name. See this Google Map for location details.)
American Indians who have served in every American war received overdue recognition Saturday from the city of Duluth and the state of Minnesota.
A dedication ceremony took place Saturday morning on Biauswah Bridge, which spans the St. Louis River on Minnesota Highway 23. The bridge was named for an Ojibwe chief this spring, and two small signs now stand at the ends of the bridge to let motorists know they are traveling over a bridge dedicated to the memory of American Indian war veterans.
“It took a long time to get to this point where we can say this bridge is in memory of all Native American veterans, past, present and future,” said Rick Defoe, a member of the Fond du Lac band who helps preserve the tribe’s cultural practices. “This is a historic time, and I am honored to be here at this intertribal ceremony.”
See the Wikipedia entry on Chief Biauswah for more.