Law enforcement's latest move at the Minnesota State Capitol is to try and slide SF3163 / HF3651 through the noise. Quietly introduced as "law enforcement data from other states classification" just days ago by Sen. Mee Moua (DFL-St. Paul) and Rep. John Lesch (DFL-St.Paul Attys Office), the short bill would allow state law enforcement authorities to release virtually anything without any oversight to other states, and compartmentalize what they receive from other states under their external data classifications!

St. Paul, Minnesota, February 15 --- About 20 Dakota activists and supporters interrupted the Minnesota Historical Society’s "Rally for History" this afternoon at the state capitol.  Protesters are challenging the proposed funding for the renovation of Historic Fort Snelling, the site of a 19th century concentration camp where several hundred imprisoned Dakota people died of starvation and disease while 1,600 were held by US troops during the winter of 1862-1863.   Protesters say that by choosing to preserve the fort, Minnesotans are choosing to celebrate a symbol of violence against native people.

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.