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Journey with the Nibi Walk: Highlights and Reflections from Headscarf Story Circle Gathering

August 7, 2024 - By Rose McGee

During our most recent Headscarf gathering in July, we hosted a modified version of the Nibi Walk which means water. Sharon Day, Executive Director of Indigenous People’s Task Force guided 33 women and girls on the sacred ritual which not only paid tribute to water but also offered each participant a chance to focus on her own inner peace, emotional healing, and a spirit of sisterhood connectedness.

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MHC Receives the 2021 Schwartz Prize: It Took a Village!

December 15, 2021 - By Rose McGee

The nation witnessed in horror and heard Mr. George Floyd’s plea, “I can’t breathe” and with his last dying breath, his call out for his “Mama.” That was May 2020 and all eyes were on Minnesota. At Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC), we struggled with how and even when to respond…

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