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Dennis Banks and Russell Means in Custer, South Dakota, 1973

Dennis Banks (left), Russell Means (center), and David Hill (right) inside the courthouse in Custer, South Dakota, 1973. From box 3 (152.B.11.3B) of Wounded Knee Legal Defense / Offense Committee records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

AIM protest in Custer, South Dakota

American Indian Movement (AIM) activists confront law enforcement officers in Custer, South Dakota, February 6, 1973. From box 3 (152.B.11.3B) of Wounded Knee Legal Defense / Offense Committee records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

MN90: Freedom Ride

Claire O'Connor was a freshman at the University of Minnesota in June 1961, when she took a Greyhound bus into the heart of Jim Crow. The Freedom Rider shares her story with Britt Aamodt.

John S. Grode cartoon

Cartoon depicting John S. Grode (far left) published in the St. Paul Daily Globe, January 12, 1896, 1.

LeVander, Karl Harold Phillip (1910–1992)

Harold LeVander ran for political office for the first time at age fifty-six. He won, served a single term as governor of Minnesota, and never held political office again. A Republican with Republican majorities in the state house and senate, he encouraged some of the most progressive legislation in Minnesota history.

Former Minnesota governors and their wives at the State Ceremonial Building

Former Minnesota governors and their wives at the State Ceremonial Building, 1983. Pictured are, in the first row, left to right: Gretchen Quie, Jane Freeman, Esther Stassen, Medora Petersen, Lillian Anderson, and Harold Stassen; in the second row: Albert Quie, Orville Freeman, Marian Rolvaag, Karl Rolvaag, and C. Elmer Anderson; in the third row: Iantha LeVander, Alice Anderson, and Elmer L. Andersen; in the fourth row: Harold Levander, Jane Wangberg, and Mary Anderson; and in the fifth row: Lou Wangberg and Wendell Anderson.

Harold LeVander’s official portrait as governor

Harold LeVander’s official portrait (oil on canvas) as governor, ca. 1971. Painted by Barbara Brewer Peet.

Four Minnesota governors

Governor Wendell Anderson (center right) with former governors Harold LeVander (far left), Elmer L. Andersen (center left), and Karl Rolvaag (far right), and Representative John Blatnik (standing) in the reception room of the Minnesota Governor’s Mansion at the passing of the Voyageurs National Park Bill.