MINNEAPOLIS — Two city-owned properties will be transferred to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa to build an addiction treatment center. Mayor Jacob Frey announced. Final approval is expected from the City Council and the Red Lake Band next week. Frey noted that Native Americans are is disproportionately affected by addiction. In a similar transfer last spring, the Minnesota Legislature turned over the 1,280-acre Upper Sioux State Park near Granite Falls to another tribal band. The transfer of the park was in partial amends for the hanging of 36 Sioux men in Mankato during the Dakota wars in 1862. The hanging, ordered by President Lincoln, was the largest mass execution in U.S. history.
