A controversial sculpture depicting the gallows used to execute 38 Dakota men in Mankato in 1862 will be dismantled and then ceremonially burned, reports the Star Tribune after a Wednesday meeting between tribal elders, the artist, and officials of the Walker Art Center and City of Minneapolis. The plan was for the sculpture — “Scaffold,” by California artist Sam Durant — to be the centerpiece of the renovated Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, but Native American leaders said it is not art and represents a history of cultural genocide. Walker Art Center officials said they were deeply sorry and not sufficiently aware of the pain the sculpture would elicit. Durant apologized for the “trauma and suffering” his work caused and said he would never create the Dakota gallows again and transfer the intellectual property to the tribe. He said earlier the intent of the sculpture was to open dialog about white supremacy with other white people.