Construction Happening at Fort Snelling? MNHS Seeks Funding to Preserve Buildings at Site of Genocide

Once again at the start of the year's legislative session in St. Paul, the Minnesota Historical Society is whitewashing history while seeking funds for the reconstruction of its flagship tourist attraction, Fort Snelling.  The Fort is located at the site of both the genesis and genocide of the Dakota people, overlooking the site of a concentration camp with hundreds of Dakota women died following the War of 1862.  The MNHS only reluctantly acknowledges this history in its patriotic displays venerating the men like Alexander Ramsey and Henry Sibley who vowed to exterminate the Dakota.

The MNHS has long wished to invest more money in Fort Snelling to repair crumbling 19th-century buildings and remodel its visitors' center.  It has met with grassroots opposition from pro-indigenous and pro-environment groups who advocate taking down the fort - or just refusing to invest more money in it and letting nature do the work.

Related: New Robert Erickson Tea Party Trailer--Columbus Go Home: Take Down the Fort

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