Commissioners in Redwood County, Minnesota, rejected a plan to return an historic federal site to the Lower Sioux Tribe.

The state is closing the 242-acre Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site to save money. The site was the location of the Lower Sioux Agency and the first battle the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War.

The agency was created after treaties significantly reduced the Dakota homeland.

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Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site to close (AP 6/23)

Relevant Links:
Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site - http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/lsa