The Minnehaha Free State attracted a fair number of wingnuts (of both the homeless-by-choice and white punks flirting with Native spirituality variety). Most famous among these were "Agent Pecan" aka Bob Greenberg (the pie throwing man who almost singlehandedly managed to kill public support for the movement) and Kenneth Carl Crawford III, a carnie wanted for double murder.

Classic example of wingnut behavior: The Free State's ban on menstruating women walking among the "sacred trees."