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A picture of the Buckham Memorial Library

Total refugee arrivals to Minnesota from 2000 to 2011 by country of origin.

Total refugee arrivals to Minnesota from 2000 to 2011.

This buggy in southeastern Minnesota, likely belonging to the Old Order or Swartzentruber Amish, is very plain and lacks the orange safety triangles or reflective tape that more liberal Amish have agreed to use.

These Amish buggies in southern Minnesota do not have the orange and red triangle that slow moving vehicles typically use. A group of Minnesota Amish went to court over the signs, claiming they burdened their religious beliefs.

Amish Ordnung dictates the structure of life for those who live in Amish houses like this one in southeastern Minnesota. The house does not have conveniences like central heating, telephones, or television.

Around 5,000 Amish live in Minnesota, concentrated in Fillmore County along the state's border with Iowa.

Sign on wall of children's classrooms saying what Islam is and what Islam is not- sharing positive celebration of all religions

An image of the First Universalist Church building, featuring a Black Lives Matter banner

Dakota refugees fleeing from battlegrounds on the first day of the Dakota War of 1862.