Minnesota returns state park to Dakota tribe

Gov. Walz signed the deeds to transfer Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the Upper Sioux Community.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
March 15, 2024 at 9:56PM
Army veteran Drew Brockman holds the feathered staff during a signing ceremony that officially marks the return of state-owned land that was within the boundaries of Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the Upper Sioux Community (Pezihutazizi Oyate) at the Upper Sioux Community building in Granite Falls, Minn., on Friday. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Liz Flores, a photojournalist for the Minnesota Star Tribune for 12-plus years, previously worked at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for 8 years.

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