CITY GOVERNMENT: Council wants to move past divisive debate on Chief Bemidji plaques

BEMIDJI-- The Bemidji City Council on Monday expressed a desire to heal following a divisive vote in April whether to include acknowledgement of atrocities against American Indians in the city’s Chief Bemidji statue project.

Bemidji Mayor Rita Albrecht as well as City Council members Dave Larson and Nancy Erickson all used their council member report time at the end of Monday’s regular meeting to comment on the contentious 4-3 vote on April 20 to approve plaques submitted by the Chief Bemidji Statue Committee.

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