The piece, called “Scaffold,” was meant to commemorate the gallows where 38 Dakota people were hanged in 1862 – but Minnesota’s Native American communities said it was insensitive and a trivialization of history and genocide. “Sheldon Wolfchild, a Dakota traditional elder who has strong family connections to the Dakota 38, said the decision to erect such a sculpture was proof that Minnesotans need to be reeducated on history.”