Minnesota poised to close state park, return land to Dakota tribe

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-poised-to-close-state-park-return-land-to-dakota-tribe-war-1862-strommen-sioux-agency/600274208/

A Minnesota state park built on a notorious site of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 would be closed and transferred to the Dakota under a proposed state law.

The 1,300-acre Upper Sioux Agency State Park, composed of rolling prairies and wetlands at the confluence of the Yellow Medicine and Minnesota rivers, would be returned to the Upper Sioux Community that was forced out after the war. It would mark the first time in decades that the state of Minnesota relinquished a state park.

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While closing state parks and historic sites is rare, lawmakers have done it before. In 2017 the state transferred ownership of the 112-acre former site of the Lower Sioux Agency to the Lower Sioux Community.

Upper Sioux Agency State Park gets about 35,000 visitors a year, significantly lower than most of the 66 state parks.

[AllyCat]

1. Good to hear. White people have damaged enough.

I’m sure the Dakota will be better stewards of the land.

[Jean Genie]

2. State Park

Well done, Minnesota!

[lindysalsagal]

3. 1300 acres is a start. Well done.

[a kennedy]

4. Again am so proud of my live in State......