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This Day in Minnesota History (June 18)

1934

Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act, which allows Native Americans to govern themselves on a tribal basis, to manage natural resources on reservations, and to incorporate as a tribe to facilitate business ventures.

1847

William Willim receives the first known citizenship papers granted in Minnesota. An English-born building contractor in Stillwater, Willim also builds the first limekiln in the state this year.

1855

St. Mary's Falls Canal opens at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It connects Lake Superior to Lake Huron and the lower Great Lakes, eventually permitting the mass transport of wheat, coal, and iron ore from Minnesota to points east.

1892

Little Mamie Schwartz is kidnapped in St. Paul. Her disappearance causes a sensation, with the legislature offering $500 for her return. The police find her the next year in Superior, Wisconsin.

1893

The Mesabi Range towns of Virginia, Merritt, and Mountain Iron are destroyed in a forest fire.

1939

A tornado kills nine and injures 222 in the Anoka area.

1988

Minnesota's two-spirit community hosts its first annual Two-Spirit International Gathering, also referred to as the Basket and the Bow. Events take place at the Gay 90's (a Minneapolis bar) and the American Indian Center.

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