Dakota and Ojibwe language archive survives Minneapolis fire, group says

The Dakota and Ojibwe language archive that leaders feared was lost in a Minneapolis fire survived, and it is being moved to the basement vault of an old bank building.The fire began Sunday afternoon at Franklin Dollar City Plaza, a convenience store connected to the tribe's building. It drew nearly 60 firefighters in a three-alarm response, and two firefighters were hospitalized with minor burns. As of Monday, fire officials said the cause was still under investigation.Wicoie Nandagikendan, which works out of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe building on East Franklin Avenue, said in Facebook posts this week that the room holding its Dakota and Ojibwe language historical records was the only room on its side of the building that was not damaged."It's like a safety bubble was wrapped around that room," the organization wrote.The posts do not describe the condition of individual items in the archive.Native American leaders feared the state's largest Dakota language archives had been lost. Fa