Lower Sioux Community Council announces new public safety director and a restructuring of its Police Department
Vince Merrick Sr. was appointed public safety director to lead and reshape community policing in the Lower Sioux Police Department following recent concerns regarding the department s response to the disappearance and death of Quincy Schaffer, 21, in late January in Morton. 5:01 pm, Feb. 18, 2021 ×
Lower Sioux Indian Community
MORTON The Lower Sioux Community Council has appointed Vince Merrick Sr. as a public safety director to lead and reshape community policing in the Lower Sioux Indian Community Police Department, according to a statement from the council.
According to the statement, Merrick, who has more than 30 years of tribal law enforcement experience, will oversee the 12-member department, which included a chief of police, assistant chief and eight licensed police officers.
Minnesota asks Washington to repeal Indian banishment
Minnesota s request to overturn a federal law that threw Dakota and Winnebago Indians out of the state can become a way to teach about mistreatment over the years, Native Americans and a state legislator say.
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Minnesota s request to overturn a federal law that threw Dakota and Winnebago Indians out of the state can become a way to teach about mistreatment over the years, Native Americans and a state legislator say.
The 1863 law banning the two tribes has been replaced with presidential and congressional actions, and Dakota Indians live on four Minnesota reservations, but the law remains on the books. Rep. Dean Urdahl said on Thursday it is past time to repeal it.
Indigenous, historic preservation groups object to wind project near Jeffers Petroglyphs The project, the first large-scale wind and solar plant in the state, would impair the viewshed of the historic site. February 4, 2021 6:01pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The Big Bend project planned for southern Minnesota would be one of the state s biggest wind farms, and paired with a large solar plant, would be different from any other power project in the state.
But Big Bend s proximity to the Jeffers Petroglyphs site sacred to Indigenous people has alarmed the state s historic preservation office and the Lower Sioux Indian Community. I just want to emphasize that to the Lower Sioux this project is considered a high priority, Cheyanne St. John, the tribe s historic preservation officer, told Minnesota utility regulators Thursday. This site is highly significant to the Upper Sioux and Lower Sioux (communities), but
Quincy Domingo Schaffer, 21, was last seen at the Lower Sioux Indian Community on Jan. 26, wearing white jogger pants and a white and black sweatshirt.
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