
Chicago statue of Abraham Lincoln vandalized to protest 1862 death of Native Americans: 'Colonizer'
Fox News
A statue of President Abraham Lincoln was vandalized in Chicago's Lincoln Park on Monday to protest an execution order he signed in 1862 that put 38 Native American men to death.
Vandals also spray-painted graffiti on the base of the statue that said, "Dethrone the Colonizers," "Land Back!" and "Avenge the Dakota 38." They also posted sheets of paper listing the names of 38 Dakota men whose execution Lincoln approved in 1862.
An anonymous group that refers to themselves as "resistors [sic] of colonial violence" took credit for the vandalism, claiming in a press release that they aimed to commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day by drawing attention to Lincoln signing off on the public hanging of the 38 men during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, or "Sioux Uprising."