Prayer Camp Near Whipple Building to Close Midweek

Prayer camp near Whipple building to close midweek

This story comes to you from MPR News through a partnership with Sahan Journal. A prayer camp set up by Indigenous people in early February will remain up through Wednesday evening after youth leaders and a spiritual leader came to an agreement Sunday evening at Mni Owe Sni, a Dakota sacred site.   Arvol Looking Horse, a Lakota spiritual leader, told a group of Indigenous youth leaders, their families and allies that he believes the camp broke “…

Indigenous activists built a prayer camp by the Mississippi. Tribal leaders want them to leave.

The camp near the Whipple Building at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, has divided some in Native communities over whether the group is damaging a sacred site.

After negotiations, prayer camp near Whipple building to close mid-week

A Lakota spiritual leader believes the camp broke “spiritual law” by situating the camp at a location understood and documented as a Dakota burial site. But camp leaders say they are looking for healing at the sacred site.