<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing the President and Congress to repeal the federal legislation of 1863 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>ordering the removal of Dakota people from Minnesota and the Dakotas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, in the aftermath of the events of 1862 - the delay of United States treaty <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>payments to the Dakota, the refusal of white traders to sell to them, the resulting starvation on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>reservation, and the ensuing Dakota Conflict - white sentiment against Indian people was at its <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>height, and many were pressing for the execution of 303 Dakota and mixed-blood men; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>WHEREAS, fearing that there would be further violence if he did not act, and to appease <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>public feeling, Abraham Lincoln cooperated with the efforts of Congress to remove Indian people <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>unilaterally, without even the semblance of agreement by treaty, by signing "An Act for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Removal of the Sisseton, Wahpaton, Medawakanton, and Wahpakoota Bands of Sioux or Dakota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>Indians, and for the Disposition of their Lands in Minnesota and Dakota," an action which <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>ultimately ignited the Plains Indian Wars and brought 30 more years of conflict; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>WHEREAS, the act remains in federal law to this day, despite the fact that its terms are <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>obsolete and its presence is a continuing offense; NOW, THEREFORE,<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the Congress <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>of the United States to repeal United States Statutes at Large, volume 12, page 819, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>119, and pages 803-804, chapter 103.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United States, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.<br />
         		
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