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JUNE 15, 2000

Two eighth-grade students from Minneapolis displayed their work on the Nelson Act, a Minnesota state law that alloted Indian land to white homesteaders, at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. Jessica Dercks and Leslie Kopatz were part of an exhibit called "Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events."

The Nelson Act of 1889 caused 91 percent of White Earth tribal land to be transferred out of their control.

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Students re-create a piece of Minnesota history (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 6/15)

Relevant Links:
The Smithsonian Institution: www.si.edu