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Roseville 2040 Chaptei� ICornmnmmtyPimfUe iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillillillillillillilliillillillillillilliillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillillillillillillilliillilI 3. THE PEOPLE WHO I LVE HERE Population History The conventional account ofRoseviUe'searly settlement and population growth was captured inthe earlier Geographic and Development History section. But such conventional accounts of the local history miss other significant facts that the Plan's equity lens brings into focus. The area of present day Roseville, on the far western edge of the Northwest Territory' was home to local bands of the Dakota Nation. As the land of the Northwest Territory was progressively divided into incorporated US states and smaller territories, Native American communities were removed to clear the way for white settlers tohomestead and farm the land. The passage ofthe bill creating the Minnesota Territory in the spring ofI849dramatically accelerated the arrival ofthe new settlers. More newcomers moved north from St. Paul, and the heirs of the original settlers were able todevelop and sell the land for new residential neighborhoods. As land was subdivided, restrictive covenants were used to prohibit non'whites' non'Chrisdans' and maybe other minority groups, from owning property in Roseville. One such restrictive covenant covering most ofthe lots ofone particular residential subdivision included the following provision: ,The Wd prrn1wes shall not bt) s,old* Tnoobgngmcileased or oleouptod by any person or persons who are not a muombor or meynbers or �he Caucasian rmma^ bub' th1s aball not prevent the koepiwg of dozo�ttm servants w'ho are not itmoWbera of' tho Caxoaatan rame° The extent of this practice in Roseville remains unclear, but racial covenants were commonly used across the country. Although enforcement ofsuch provisions has been banned in Minnesota since I953' they—along with widespread discriminatory practices in mortgage lending and insurance—necessarily contributed to racial segregation in Roseville by explicitly limiting the housing choices available to people of color during the time they were enforced. TAILE3- 2showsRosevi||e'snon'whitepopu|adonfromI960-20I0comparedtoSt. Pau|' Minneapolis, the suburbs in the metropolitan region, and Minnesota as whole. Chapter 1 Page