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Sacred land returned to Upper Sioux Community
The land that makes up the Upper Sioux Agency State Park in Granite Falls was returned to the Upper Sioux Community on Friday. This is said to be the first time the state of Minnesota has returned a state park to a Native American community.
UMVRDC Invites Local Residents to Discuss Proposed Transportation Projects for 2025-2028
The Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission (UMVRDC) is seeking public comments on the draft Area Transportation Partnership Improvement Program (ATIP) for 2025-2028. This plan, which covers Big Stone, Swift, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle and Yellow Medicine Counties, will be integrated with other ATIPs into the State Transportation Improvement Program.
'Mission accomplished' | Sacred land returns to Upper Sioux Community
MINNESOTA, USA — A vast area of land located near Granite Falls is the sacred homeland of the Dakota people, but it was made into a state park in the 1960s called Upper Sioux Agency State Park. One hundred years prior, it was also the site of starvation and...
'Mission accomplished' | Sacred land returns to Upper Sioux Community
MINNESOTA, USA — The transferred land is the sacred homeland of the Dakota people. It was also the site of starvation and death of native people during the summer of 1862 when the United States government did not provide food promised by treaty. On Friday, descendants of those who...
Thousand acres of state park land near Granite Falls returned to Upper Sioux Community
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — More than a thousand acres of what Tribal members near Granite Falls call sacred land was returned to the Upper Sioux Community on Friday morning. Tribal members spent decades pushing for the return of the land. They were joined by Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, and the DNR, overseeing the signing of the official and ceremonial deeds. By the end, parts of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park were returned back to the Upper Sioux Community. Tribal leaders say Dakota ancestors are buried on the land, and it's sacred. They say the fight to regain the land...
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After decades-long fight, state park land will be returned to Upper Sioux Community
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — After 60 years as a state park, more than a thousand acres of land are being returned to the Upper Sioux Community near Granite Falls. It's something that tribal members have been pushing for — for decades.WCCO's John Lauritsen talked with visitors and tribal leaders about what it means. "We used to do a wagon train out here, once a year. Spent the whole day in the state park," said Orlen Torke, visitor. Over the years, Torke spent countless hours kayaking, hiking and horseback riding at the Upper Sioux Agency State Park. It's why he chose to...
Update: Latest on Valentine’s Day Snowfall in Minnesota
UNDATED (WJON News) -- Snow has started across much of the region Wednesday afternoon and will last into the night. A Winter Storm Warning has been added for Yellow Medicine County where +6" of snow is possible. Otherwise, a wide swath of 2-5" of snow is expected for southern Minnesota/western...
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