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| In the land of zero natural lakes, Rochester has a pool drought |
While there are private pools everywhere — at country clubs, athletic centers, the senior center and even in schools — they only serve a narrow portion of Rochester's population, and are often expensive to join or at least hard for everyone to access.
Meanwhile, the city is grappling with two pool closures. The YMCA closed this past winter, eliminating an inexpensive indoor pool option. And at the start of an unusually hot summer, a second, smaller public pool has been closed for repairs.
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| Troubling stories surface as U probes its history with Native people |
The federal government’s hanging of 38 Dakota men from Mankato, Minn. gallows in December 1862 brought an end to the U.S.-Dakota war. It also triggered a financial bonanza for the University of Minnesota.
Dubbed the “Minnesota Windfall,” sales and leases of parcels taken from the Dakota raised nearly $580,000 for the young university — part of a massive grab of wealth cleaved from Native people and given to American universities.
That troubling piece of American history remained largely hidden until two investigative reporters began digging into how colleges benefited from the Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862, signed into law six months before the Mankato hangings.
The University of Minnesota is now broadly reviewing its treatment of Native people going back to its founding in 1851. Researchers with the TRUTH (Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing) Project are expected to release a report this summer.
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