Minnesota GOP senators have cut the Minnesota Historical Society’s budget for using a Dakota people’s name to identify the site of historic Fort Snelling.
The DFL-controlled House and Governor Walz still must weigh in before anything is finalized.
The fort is located at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers; the Dakota people called the site “B'dote.”
To mark the location, the Historical Society recently added the words “at Bdote” to temporary signs welcoming visitors to the fort.
"It's the latest example of revisionist history," said Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer (R-Dist. 30).
"Rewriting the history, that is greatly objected to by many people, and the Historical Society has been quite resistant to listen," she said.
Supporters of the move say the addition of the word does not detract but rather adds to history.