Dayton gives mixed review to Capitol art plan

State officials are considering a plan to relocate two paintings inside the Minnesota Capitol because of complaints about their depiction of American Indians.

The large paintings –- Father Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony and The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux — are longtime fixtures in the Governor’s Reception Room, along with four other paintings that depict Civil War battles.

Tribal leaders and others have said the two American-Indian-themed painting are historically inaccurate and insensitive to native people.

http://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2016/02/dayton-gives-mixed-review-to-capitol-art-plan/