213 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/213/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:44:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png 213 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/213/ 32 32 Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/lake-calhoun-in-minneapolis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lake-calhoun-in-minneapolis Mon, 09 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// In 2015, a citizen advisory committee including several Indigenous activists proposed that ‘Lake Calhoun’—christened for John C. Calhoun, antebellum politician, slavery advocate, and proponent of the Indian Removal Act—be restored to its original Dakota place name, ‘Bde Maka Ska’, meaning ‘White Earth Lake’. What followed was a contentious legal battle spanning five years and involving […]

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]]> In 2015, a citizen advisory committee including several Indigenous activists proposed that ‘Lake Calhoun’—christened for John C. Calhoun, antebellum politician, slavery advocate, and proponent of the Indian Removal Act—be restored to its original Dakota place name, ‘Bde Maka Ska’, meaning ‘White Earth Lake’. What followed was a contentious legal battle spanning five years and involving numerous community stakeholders, appellate and supreme courts, as well as local, state, and federal government agencies. This case study examines the complex processes which ultimately culminated in the lake’s renaming.

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