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The report said the University of Minnesotas founding board of regents used the institution as a "shell corporation to launder lands and resources."

The report, done in collaboration with the school, outlines steps it should take to atone for its historic mistreatment of the state's tribes.

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A new report concludes that the University of Minnesota should hire more Native American faculty, offer students more financial support and give back land to atone for its historic mistreatment of the state's tribes.

Researchers tasked with investigating the University of Minnesota's troubled relationship with Native Americans say they sometimes had to pause because they were overpowered...

A massive new report details the University of Minnesota’s long history of mistreating the state’s Native people and lays out recommendations, including “perpetual reparations,” to improve relations between the U and Minnesota’s 11 tribal nations.

The U stopped shy of saying whether it would adopt the reports recommendations.

The report marks the first time a major American university has critically examined its history with Native people, said Shannon Geshick, executive director of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council

The report says the University should hire more Native American faculty, offer students additional financial support and give back land to atone for mistreating the state’s tribes.

An over 500-page report determined that the University of Minnesota's founding regents engaged in "genocide" of Natives for financial gain.