Protesters placed a model gallows with multiple nooses to commemorate the 38 Dakota hanged on December 26, 1862 in Mankato, Minnesota. It was the largest mass hanging in United States history. Protesters believed that the Minnesota Sesquicentennial celebrations going on this year do not acknowledge the forced marches, the murder and other cruel acts against Native Americans in the founding of Minnesota. The group of protestors marched from Indian Mounds Park to the State Capitol.
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