Indigenous Protector Movement first met with Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in South Minneapolis three years ago.
After establishing a relationship, the church then proposed transferring an adjacent double lot and triplex house to the Indigenous-led group. The organization focuses on advocacy work and community safety and was founded by the grandchildren, nieces and nephews of the founders of the American Indian Movement.
Indigenous Protector Movement co-founder and board chair Vinny Dionne said he was initially apprehensive…