Dakota riders return home to Minnesota via horseback, honoring legacy of Dakota 38 ^73.9%

MPR News - By Hannah Yang - 12/27/2025, 12:16 AM

More than 150 people lined both sides of Riverfront Drive in Mankato on Friday morning. They waited to welcome the Dakota riders and runners back onto their homeland. Back onto the very same homeland they were exiled from more than a hundred years ago. As horses galloped, whinnied and snorted upon arrival, the crowds cheered for their... more