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The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh, with photographs by Jaida Grey Eagle

In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch – and see history repeating: ‘We are still being chased’

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From left, Rachel Dionne-Thunder, Vin Dionne, Robert Lilligren in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photograph: Jaida Grey Eagle/The Guardian

Outside the Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop in Minneapolis’s Native American cultural corridor, a group of watchers huddled around a small firepit. Some cuddled into heated camp chairs, as others grasped steaming cups of coffee as they scanned the intersection for ICE agents.

A volunteer periodically monitored a local chat group for reports of ICE agents in the area. Foot patrollers equipped with heated handwarmers and orange whistles were dispatched throughout the neighbourhood, and watchers with cars took off in pairs.

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