Environmental Activism

Zinesters use the inexpensive method of photocopying handwritten pamphlets to make zines. Activist zines, such as this one, are used educate readers by sharing history and the stories of activism. A Commemorative History of The Minnehaha Free State and Four Oaks Spiritual Encampment presents a brief history of the Minnesota Dakota and tells the story of the Minnehaha Free State, the first urban anti-road occupation. When construction crews arrived to Minnehaha Park to begin leveling the forest for the construction of the new Highway 55 route, they were met with resistance. Non-violent activists and Natives Americans joined together to prevent the construction by forming the Minnehaha Free State and Four Oaks Spiritual encampment.