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Launching the Native American Lives Series
July 30, 2025 - By Jessica Engelking
I can’t believe it’s been five years. When asked to reflect on my experience writing the first iteration of “Peggy Flanagan: Lieutenant Governor,” and my thoughts about its newest form, I realized it had been a half decade since this creation took life. Time seems to go by a lot faster the older you get.
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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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Grantee Highlight: YMCA of the North’s Students Voting Program Largest Mock Election of the 2024 Season
January 23, 2025 - By Amy Anderson
On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as those 18 years and older cast their votes for the presidential election, students across Minnesota cast their ballots for the YMCA of the North’s Students Voting mock election at their respective schools.
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Creating a Passion for History through Project-Based Learning
November 7, 2024 - By Sammi Jo Papas
National History Day connects students to the past and creates deeper connections.
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Third Way Civics: Educating Undergraduates for American Democracy
March 4, 2022 - By Trygve Throntveit
What does it mean to live in a democracy? This question confronts all peoples aspiring to a life of liberty, security, and dignity.
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On the Blazing of Trails
March 26, 2021 - By Dr. Theresa Battle
In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Minnesota Humanities Center has asked some of our friends to write essays to share with you their thoughts on diverse women’s achievements and challenges over time, in Minnesota and elsewhere. These thoughts and reflections display a variety of perspectives to encourage healthy dialogue,…
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Recovering Women’s Stories/Inventing Women’s History
March 24, 2021 - By Mary K. Boyd
March has been National Women’s History Month since 1987. It is amazing to realize that just two decades before that, the profession of history did not recognize women’s history as a valid field of inquiry.
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The Case for Civic Education
February 18, 2020 - By Kevin Lindsey
The Minnesota Humanities Center was recently invited to comment on the state of civics education at the Minnesota Legislature at an informational hearing on February 6, 2020 in St. Paul. We took the opportunity to reaffirm our belief in the National Endowment for the Humanities enabling legislation that our democracy demands wisdom and vision from its citizens.
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America’s Secret War: A Multimedia Workshop Designed by and for Educators
November 7, 2019 - By Katie Carpenter
In the shadows of the Vietnam War, the CIA conducted a secret war in Laos that relied on Hmong soldiers to prevent the threat of communism from spreading deeper into Southeast Asia. Tens of thousands died, both in the fight and in the escape.
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