Four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Three of these individuals are currently held at an ICE facility located at Fort Snelling, south of the Twin Cities.
This site, Fort Snelling, was historically used in 1862 to imprison approximately 1,700 Indigenous men, women, children, and elders following the U.S.-Dakota War. Historical records indicate that many died from torture, starvation, and disease during this period. Survivors were later exiled to reservations in what is now South Dakota.