Congress urged to repeal Dakota banishment law
A resolution that asks the U.S. Congress to repeal an 1863 law that banished the Dakota people from Minnesota has been signed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R).

President Abraham Lincoln signed the law in response to the Dakota Conflict of 1862. He also ordered the hanging of 38 Dakota men on December 26, 1862.

HF 1825 asks Congress and President Barack Obama to repeal the law.

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Pawlenty signs resolution urging Congress to repeal law banishing Dakota (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 5/22)

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