Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until 'Land Back'
Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until 'Land Back'
Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until 'Land Back' - UNICORN RIOT
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of "returning Fort Snelling" to the Dakota pe...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/47683805
Within a wooded area, the occupation sits on the other side of the Whipple Federal Building, which is the headquarters of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Operation Metro Surge, as well as a detention center for immigrant detainees and a flashpoint of recent protests.
Park Police have been frequenting the area, checking in on people, and have negotiated to allow the occupation to stay until Thursday, but activists say they are “staying put.” Organizers say they plan to bring in a buffalo to carve and teach traditional ways in which each and every part of the animal is respected and utilized.