On the 6th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, people gathered at what is now George Floyd Square to remember him, reports the Minnesota Star Tribune. “Today is not just about remembering George Floyd, it is about remembering what his life and his death revealed to the world,” Ruth Anna Buffalo, president of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, told attendees from the stage. “Years later, many of our communities are still carrying grief, trauma, fear and exhaustion. But we are still, we are still here.”
George Floyd’s uncle, Selwyn Jones, and aunt, Angela Harrelson told FOX 9 that not enough has changed in six years. “When we get to the point with all of this, where we don’t have to say the words Black Lives Matter, then that’s when we know we have arrived,” Harrelson said.
Related from the MinnPost archives: Harry Colbert Jr. reflects on the George Floyd anniversary
Loved ones of Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, who died in Kuwait in an Iranian drone strike in March, remembered her this Memorial Day, reports KARE 11. Her husband Joey told KARE: “So many people say, ‘Thank you for your service‘ on Memorial Day. We spent years correcting people because it’s not for the people that made it home. It’s for the people that didn’t.”
Duluth marked Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday over the weekend with a porch party, reports WDIO.
The Valleyfair amusement park in Shakopee is celebrating its 50th anniversary, reports MPR News. That means “now we’ve got grandparents bringing out grandkids that remember their first ride on some of these rides,” said Stephen Summers, Valleyfair’s president.
A new place to visit in St. Paul: The visitor center at the 27-acre Wakaŋ Típi nature sanctuary just east of Lowertown celebrated its grand opening two decades after it was reclaimed from the railroads by the community and rehabilitated, the Pioneer Press reports. Its Dakota name roughly translates to “dwelling place of the sacred.”
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