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Minneapolis is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. Minneapolis is built on an artesian aquifer on flat terrain and is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", Minneapolis is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks, and waterfalls. The city's public park system is connected by the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. Dakota people originally inhabited the site of today's Minneapolis. European colonization and settlement began north of Fort Snelling along Saint Anthony Falls—the only natural waterfall on the Mississippi River. Location near the fort and the falls' power—with its potential for industrial activity—fostered the city's early growth. For a time in the 19th century, Minneapolis was the lumber and flour milling capital of the world, and as home to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, it has preserved its financial clout into the 21st century. Minneapolis has a political landscape dominated by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), with Jacob Frey serving as mayor since 2018.

Minneapolis is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. Minneapolis is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. The city's public park system is connected by the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. For a time in the 19th century, Minneapolis was the lumber and flour milling capital of the world, and as home to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, it has preserved its financial clout into the 21st century. Minneapolis has a political landscape dominated by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), with Jacob Frey serving as mayor since 2018.

• Hugill, David (2021). Settler Colonial City: Racism and Inequity In Postwar Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-5179-0479-1.

settlers replaced Indigenous

p23 settlers seized Indigenous land, on which they built their wealth, and did not wish to exploit Indigenous labor so Indigenous were expelled

• Hugill, David (2015). "Settler colonial urbanism: notes from Minneapolis and the life of Thomas Barlow Walker". Settler Colonial Studies. doi:10.1080/2201473X.2015.1061968.

line of urban thinking that continues to represent cities as somehow separate from moments of settler colonial negotiation.

North American cities were and are organically linked to a broader political economy of invasive colonization

violence of settler colonial dispossession

spectacular beneficiary of opportunities born of the nineteenth-century incorporation of large swaths of Western North America into the territorial dominion of the USA

the personal fortunes amassed by figures like Walker have an enduring life in the city; they continue to articulate as economic and social power.

Early rounds of accumulation are the basis for future rounds of accumulation, investment, and endowment that persist in the contemporary city.