MANKATO — More than two decades after the creation of Mankato's Reconciliation Park, the cramped and noisy but emotionally and spiritually charged piece of land will be undergoing changes ...

MANKATO, Minn. — Indigenous people from Minnesota and bordering states gathered Monday to mark the 160th anniversary of the largest mass execution in American history. Among them were ...

Dakota runners who departed from Fort Snelling also made it to the ceremony, which took place in Reconciliation Park in downtown Mankato, about 65 miles southwest of the Twin Cities.

From there, participants embarked on an hours-long relay run to what is now Reconciliation Park in Mankato, where, on Dec. 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged in the largest single-day mass ...

MANKATO — The Mankato City Council is preparing ... of the hanging — a place dedicated by the city in 1997 as Reconciliation Park. In 2018, the council voted to recognize the second Monday ...

The Veterans For Peace organization led Mankato residents, and others, through Reconciliation Park for a remembrance ceremony. “Veterans for Peace recognizes that we’re on stolen land and this ...

Riders arrive at Reconciliation Park in Mankato to mark the hanging of 38 Dakota warriors and two additional men 162 years ago on Thursday. Two rides converged at the park this year, the Dakota ...

MANKATO, Minn.–Hundreds of people have ... Continuing a long tradition, the gathering at Reconciliation Park marked the 153rd anniversary of the largest mass execution in U.S. history.

The ceremonies in Reconciliation Park, growing larger each Dec. 26, have been important for Joanna Meyer of Mankato. She said she is moved by the riders' determination and every year has been a ...

To honor their ancestors, people on horseback started a 330-mile trek from Lower Brule, South Dakota to the site of the killings in Reconciliation Park in Mankato. Dozens welcomed the group to ...

Peter Lengkeek, right, hugs Perry Little after Lengkeek handed down his staff to Little during the Dakota 38 Memorial Dedication held at Reconciliation Park in Mankato, Minn. It is tradition for ...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC ... for Peace Ceremony for Reconciliation and Remembrance will take place at Reconciliation Park, to recognize 38 Dakota Men who were hanged on December 26, 1862.