MCLA staff member Violeta Hernández Espinosa testifies during the SF1585 hearing, 2017. Used with the permission of the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs.

Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs (MCLA) staff, students, organizers, and local leaders meet with elected officials to discuss concerns pertinent to the Latina/o community, March 6, 2017 (this annual event is known as Minnesotanos Day at the State Capitol). Used with the permission of the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs.

MCLA staff visit Willmar, Minnesota, for a listening session with residents, June 6, 2017. Used with the permission of the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs.

This style of coat was popular with the Métis of the Red River Valley. This particular coat belonged to Alexander Ramsey and may have been brought back by him from an 1851 treaty signing. The coat is possibly Cree, Métis, or Ojibwe in origin.

Members of the Dakota treaty delegation in Washington, 1858. Included in the delegation are members of the Métis community: Antoine (Joseph) Campbell (standing second from left), Thomas A Robertson (standing second from left), and Nathaniel Brown (standing at right).

Antoine Blanc Gingras, Métis fur trader and member of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, ca. 1855.

Blackmun during his Supreme Court years, ca. 1975.

Future chief justice Warren Burger, ca. 1936.

Harry Blackmun’s high school yearbook photo, 1925.