Repost from @indigenouspeoplesmovement • We love to see it!!! 💜 Posted @withregram • @mniwiconi MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Lower Sioux Community is celebrating the return of ancestral land with great historical significance. It’s the site where the Dakota War of 1862 started after the United States did not honor the Mendota Treaty. That treaty established more than 100 acres near Morton, Minnesota as the Lower Sioux Agency. “Today is definitely a historic event,” said Grace Goldtooth-Campos. It was an emotional and historic day for relatives of the Indigenous people who were forced off their land. After generations of being separated from ancestral land, the Minnesota Historical Society gave it back to the Lower Sioux Indian Community. “And although this is a joyous occasion we cannot forget the history of these lands and the connection to broken promises unfulfilled treaties obligations and the events that led to the loss of the Dakota 38 plus two, “ said Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan. This land is the site of where the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 started, a war that led to the largest single-day mass execution in our country’s history. Thirty-eight Dakota men were hung in Mankato, for defending their people. This land transfer signals a renewal. “We are trying to heal ourselves and also we are trying to come back and try to nurture the land and heal the land as well, because the land carries the memories, carries spirit,” said Goldtooth-Campos. #landback #treaties #dakota38+2 #lowersioux #mdewankanton https://www.instagram.com/p/CLVw6zZlkPRZgDzryyA7-NsAGGeykyiXhXaacc0/?igshid=1b2n2axiy2svd