NEW: Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan To Stay Until 'Land Back'
By Unicorn Riot Media, Feb. 12, 2026
On February 9, 2026, Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people, and invite state officials like Governor Tim Walz, and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan to have a conversation, said Gary Spears, organizer with First Nations United.





