Minnesota returns land to Lower Sioux Indian Community after decades-long battle Joseph Choi © Getty Images Minnesota returns land to Lower Sioux Indian Community after decades-long battle
The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) officially returned 114 acres of land to the Lower Sioux Indian Community, four years after the transfer was approved by the state legislature.
The Star Tribune reports the land transfer became official on Feb. 12, with the MNHS returning around half of its southern property along the Minnesota River back to the tribe. I don t know if it s ever happened before, where a state gave land back to a tribe, Lower Sioux President Robert Larsen told the Tribune. [Our ancestors] paid for this land over and over with their blood, with their lives. It s not a sale; it s been paid for by the ones that aren t here anymore.
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