ADVERTISEMENTThe Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has agreed to remove a controversial outdoor “gallows” sculpture following protests by local Native Americans. The large work includes design elements of seven different historical U.S. gallows, including one used to hang 38 Dakota Indians in the state in 1862. “I regret the pain that this artwork has brought to the Dakota community and others,” museum executive director Olga Viso said in a statement announcing the decision Saturday. “This is the first step in a long process of healing.”Walker Art director apologizes, regrets not involving American Indians in new sculpture acquisition, "Scaffold." The hanging of the “Dakota 38” after the U.S.-Dakota War in Minnesota was the largest state-sanctioned mass execution in U.S. history.

Source: Huffington Post May 29, 2017 05:37 UTC