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ICE Detains Oglala Sioux Tribe Members Amid Racial Profiling

1/16/2026

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Four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a campaign of racial profiling.
Three of the detainees remain in custody at an ICE facility in Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Fort Snelling is where U.S. forces imprisoned about 1,700 Indigenous people after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
Many prisoners suffered torture, starvation, and disease, and survivors were forced onto reservations in South Dakota.

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Story summary

Four members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a campaign of racial profiling.
Three of the detainees remain in custody at an ICE facility in Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Fort Snelling is where U.S. forces imprisoned about 1,700 Indigenous people after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
Many prisoners suffered torture, starvation, and disease, and survivors were forced onto reservations in South Dakota.