MINNEAPOLIS - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and leaders in the American Indian community met on Sunday to discuss the tensions at a South Minneapolis homeless encampment.
A call for unity was heard at the meeting, because the encampment will be moving to a navigation center starting Tuesday.
In the camp, there have been complaints of harassment of humanitarian aid workers.
The navigation center will provide a warmer place with food and with services to help the homeless.
"I'm very hopeful for a smooth transition and I think the fact that this has been native-led and native-run and the land on which the navigation center sits is owned by the Red Lake Nation, I think that adds an element that's exceedingly helpful," said Mayor Jacob Frey.
Sam Strong, Secretary of the Red Lake Nation, say the navigation center will be open until June, when housing units will be built on that site.
"The common ground we can all come to is we want to help these people that are suffering from these issues at the wall, so although there might be different paths, we're moving in the same direction," said Strong.