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Press Release*Press Release*Press Release*Press Release*Press Release*
Who: MINNEHAHA 25 GO TO TRIAL
Where: Hennepin County Government Center
When: Monday, December 6th, 1999, 9:00 AM
What: The State of Minnesota is prosecuting 25 people for attempting to save Native
American sacred sites and Minnehaha Park from the destruction caused by the Minnesota
Department of Transportation's attempt to reroute Highway 55.
The Minnehaha 25 will face a group trial and face charges ranging from trespassing to
failure to obey a peace officer. Most of the defendants are being prosecuted for
non-violent civil disobedience or non-violent direct action during the months of July
and August of 1999. These defendants put their bodies in harm's way to attempt to
stop the widespread destruction that now scars Minnehaha Park. Many of the
defendants are members of the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community and other Native
American First Nations and will be challenging their charges as violations of their
Treaty Rights. Others will be mentioning the other flagrant violations of Federal Law
that MnDoT has been guilty of during this road project. Also, charges of
discrimination will be brought against the Minneapolis Police Department and Minnesota
State Troopers for their selective arrests of Native Americans and their gross
misconduct against civilians exercising their First Amendment Rights.
There will be a Rally held at 8:30 AM on December 6th in the Atrium of the Hennepin
County Government Center in Downtown Minneapolis. The defendants will be available for
interviews with the media. Please come and support them during the trial, or call the
Hennepin County Prosecutor's office and demand that these charges be dropped.
Press Contact Number (612) 910-0730
Press Contact Person: Jim Anderson
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