Protesters blocked the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Wagon Train for about an hour as it reached Historic Fort Snelling, saying the state’s 150th birthday is no cause for celebration.
About two dozen people, including many Dakota Indians, carried signs in the rain, burned sage and beat on drums while singing. Two of them lay on the wet pavement in front of horses pulling the first of several dozen wagons on their way from Cannon Falls to the Sesquicentennial celebration in St. Paul.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested five adults and two adolescents and ushered them to squad cars. They were released with warning tickets less than an hour later.
The Indian group said it’s planning a march Sunday from Mounds Park in St. Paul to the Capitol, where it may meet the wagon train again.
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Information from: Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com
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