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2025 Wrap Up: On the Road with Sketches of Minnesota
December 9, 2025 - By Tane Danger
A confession: when we started Sketches of Minnesota, I secretly expected that at once or twice…it wouldn’t work.
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2025 Wrap Up: Statewide Tour Stop in Fergus Falls
December 9, 2025 - By Rebecca Peterson
With book-end visits in October, Otter Tail County had the good fortune to participate in MHC’s Minnesota Sketches program, not just once but TWICE!
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Continuing the Work
March 5, 2025 - By Kevin Lindsey
In response to questions about how threatened cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and how a possible federal government shutdown might impact MHC, let me share some information about our grant making process and grant administration work. MHC grantees can rest assured that their grant funding will…
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A More Perfect Union
February 3, 2025 - By Kevin Lindsey
President Abraham Lincoln, in commemorating the lives lost during the Civil War, at the Gettysburg Address noted that the United States of America is a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
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Sketches of Minnesota
January 6, 2025 - By Kevin Lindsey
Partnering with Danger Boat Productions, we conceived the idea of hosting a humanities comedy tour in response to news of people in Minnesota feeling disconnected and unwilling to talk to their neighbors.
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Our House: The Capitol Project Podcast
February 26, 2024 - By Alan Berks
When thinking of the Minnesota State Capitol, it may be helpful to recall The Wizard of Oz. From a distance, we see a majestic and imposing facade, a place where it seems power is wielded as though by magic.
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Harnessing the Digital Humanities to Engage With Black History
February 13, 2023 - By Karen Sieber
As a historian of Black history, I have spent much of my career drawing attention to people, places, and events that get left out of the textbooks.
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A Vision Trust of Black Men
February 6, 2023 - By Dr. David Hamlar
In October of 2022, MHC partnered with Robin Hickman-Winfield of SoulTouch Productions and The Ordway Theater to form A Vision Trust of Black Men.
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A Vision Trust of Black Men
February 1, 2023 - By Alex Tittle
In October of 2022, MHC partnered with Robin Hickman-Winfield of SoulTouch Productions and The Ordway Theater to form A Vision Trust of Black Men. Robin’s vision is a group of Black men committed to uplifting the Black community and embracing the legacies of Black Veterans. In February 2023, The Ordway…
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Reflecting on Native-led Humanities Activities Throughout Mni Sota
November 1, 2022 - By Jennifer Tonko
Háŋ! Boozhoo! Welcome to Native American Heritage Month! This period of recognition, reflection, and celebration is set aside by the U.S. Federal government to recognize the Indigenous peoples of this place, who governed themselves as citizens of many sovereign nations, long before European colonizers were intent upon living here.
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