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Minneapolis is preparing to strike Columbus Day from its calendar. The City Council is expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would rename the federal holiday "Indigenous People's Day" on all city communications. The vote follows a similar effort in Red Wing, where the city mulled changing Columbus Day to "First People's Day" earlier this year. The Red Wing City Council has yet to act on the resolution, though the chair of the human rights commission, Barbara von Haaren, said Monday that...
Minneapolis voters elected the first American Indian woman to the Legislature on Tuesday night in the latest of several special elections. DFL attorney Susan Allen garnered 56 percent of the vote in a contest against Respect candidate Nathan Blumenshine in south Minneapolis, who finished second with 43 percent. They were vying for the House seat vacated by former Rep. Jeff Hayden, now a state senator. The south Minneapolis House district reaches into the Powderhorn Park, Bryant, Lyndale, Kingfield, Field, Regina and Central neighborhoods. It wa...
