The Impacts of We Are Water

May 10, 2022 - By Troy Goodnough

I am excited about Minnesota Humanities Center leadership and for making the We Are Water MN (WAW) program available to partner-host sites across the state. I want to share a bit about our experience at UMN Morris.  The We Are Water program was an important catalyst for our community to…

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Walking the Red Lake River or Miskwaagamiiwi-zaaga’iganiiwi-ziibi

April 30, 2019 - By Sharon Day

This river flows out of Lower Red Lake on its western border. It makes its journey through marshy swampland, into prairie, and then farmland. The riverbanks become steeper, becoming large eroding cliffs and thickly forested. I find myself excited thinking about this new Nibi Walk that begins on the…

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Putting Relationships at the Center of Water Work

January 10, 2019 - By Jennifer Tonko

In November, four partners from the “We Are Water MN” partnership presented during the 2018 National Humanities Conference in New Orleans, Those partners included Britt Gangeness with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Laurie Moberg with River Life, a program of the Institute for Advanced…

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