Opinion | The Whipple Building stands on a historical landscape of law, power and racism
- Posted on January 23, 2026
- By Star Tribune
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Opinion | The Whipple Building stands on a historical landscape of law, power and racism
"Long before a federal office complex rose near Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, this place was Bdote, the sacred uniting of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, central to Dakota origin stories," Harold Massey writes.
