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The Walker Art Center Will Remove A Sculpture That Elicited Protests And Outrage Before Reopening Its Sculpture Garden

VISUAL Posted: May 29, 2017 4:15 am

The piece, called “Scaffold,” was meant to commemorate the gallows where 38 Dakota people were hanged in 1862 – but Minnesota’s Native American communities said it was insensitive and a trivialization of history and genocide. “Sheldon Wolfchild, a Dakota traditional elder who has strong family connections to the Dakota 38, said the decision to erect such a sculpture was proof that Minnesotans need to be reeducated on history.”

VISUAL Published: 05.28.17

Read the story in Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Published: 05.28.17

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