Kevin’s Corner – July
July 6, 2026 - By Kevin Lindsey
In reflecting upon the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I find myself drawn to the story of George Washington.
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Pathfinding
July 1, 2026 - By Hema Patel
On Indigenous Peoples Day 2019, a friend snapped a photo of me with tight braids, my grandmother’s shawl, and dentalium earrings by the late Oglala artist Dana Lonehill. Five years after this photo was taken, I began my young reader’s history of Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin by examining a strikingly similar photo – one she submitted as her White House employee personnel photo in 1911.
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Where two worlds and waters meet
June 30, 2026 - By Angie Hong
From freshwater springs in the forests of northern Minnesota, water bubbles out of the ground, forms a lake, and then a river. At its start in Lake Itasca, the water is clear and clean.
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Kevin’s Corner: Celebrating Juneteenth
June 3, 2026 - By Kevin Lindsey
MHC will also be hosting a series of events this month in which we celebrate America’s Second Independence day, Juneteenth.
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Culture, Community, and Connection: The Return of the International Festival of Minnesota
May 18, 2026 - By Carolina Maranon-Cobos
Thirteen years ago, when I first moved to Minnesota to work at the Consulate of Mexico, one of the first events I became involved with was the Festival of Nations.
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Kevin’s Corner – May 2026
May 13, 2026 - By Kevin Lindsey
The storms of the spring often light up the sky with great anger and fury only to subside to allow the sun to come out the next day to warm the plants and trees that have been nourished by the rain. At the time this article is published, all Humanities Councils (Councils) across the United States and its territories will have been without federal funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for thirteen months.
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Learning Beyond Language
May 12, 2026 - By Audrey Thorstad
For centuries, handwritten books—manuscripts—have been woven into the fabric of everyday life in Ethiopia. They are clues, documenting what people over thousands of years thought important enough to share. It is incredible what these voices from the past and present have to tell and teach us.
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More Than a Moment: How We’re Indigenizing Literacy to Close the Opportunity Gap
May 7, 2026 - By Jason Bresette
In the hallways of St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS), we often talk about "mirrors and windows" Emily Style (1988) - the idea that every student deserves to see themselves reflected in their learning and to look out onto the diverse world around them.
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Writing Our History Together
May 5, 2026 - By Anna Bauman-Smith
When I was first presented with the idea of writing a K5 social studies curriculum from scratch, I was a bit skeptical. Having done curriculum work in the past, I know it can be time consuming and locating sources can be a tedious task.
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Poetry, Place, and the Next 250 Years
April 28, 2026 - By Casey DeMarais
April is National Poetry Month, but most of the time poetry does not show up for me because the calendar says it should. It shows up in smaller, quieter ways – when a line lingers, or when something I have been trying to understand finally makes a little more sense.
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