Fort Snelling

Use of the Site

In addition to the Minnesota Historical Society avoiding mention of injustice towards the Dakota at the fort, there is an interpretive divide between Historic Fort Snelling and Fort Snelling State Park. Fort Snelling State Park holds the physical site where the concentration camp was located, and is operated independently of the Minnesota Historical Society. The estimated site of the camp currently acts as a parking lot for the Fort Snelling State Park Visitor Center.



In many ways, Fort Snelling State Park does much more to remember the Dakota than the Minnesota Historical Society does at Historic Fort Snelling. Near the visitor center stands a memorial which acknowledges the use of the site as a concentration camp as well as list the names and numbers of those imprisoned. Although there is no official programming on the history of the site, the adjacent visitor center does have ample information available for those curious enough to seek it out.

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