Minnesota Humanities Center
  • Duluth – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

    Denfeld High School 401 North 44th Avenue West, Duluth, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story is a 90-minute two-act dramatization of a traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer enslaved in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free
  • POSTPONED – Mankato – Poetry in the Parks

    Blue Earth County Library 100 East Main Street, Mankato, MN, United States

    Students in grades 5-8 are invited to join Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman and fellow poet Michael Torres* for a daylong writing workshop at Minnesota State Parks. Alongside the poets, students will explore the beauty of nature and write their own poems. Students will receive instruction and encouragement to write in their home languages as well as English.

    Free
  • POSTPONED – Austin – Poetry in the Parks

    Austin Public Library 323 4th Avenue Northeast, Austin, MN, United States

    Students in grades 5-8 are invited to join Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman and fellow poet Michael Torres* for a daylong writing workshop at Minnesota State Parks. Alongside the poets, students will explore the beauty of nature and write their own poems. Students will receive instruction and encouragement to write in their home languages as well as English.

    Free
  • POSTPONED – Worthington – Poetry in the Parks

    Nobles County Library 407 12th Street, Worthington, MN, United States

    Students in grades 5-8 are invited to join Minnesota’s Poet Laureate Gwen Westerman and fellow poet Michael Torres* for a daylong writing workshop at Minnesota State Parks. Alongside the poets, students will explore the beauty of nature and write their own poems. Students will receive instruction and encouragement to write in their home languages as well as English.

    Free
  • Bemidji – Treaties, Strategies, and Traditionalism

    American Indian Resource Center, Bemidji State University 1630 Birchmont Dr NE, Bemidji, MN, United States

    Comparing Native and White perspectives on treaty signing throws into sharp relief the divergent understandings, cultural differences, and foreclosed opportunities that characterized these encounters. This talk foregrounds Indigenous perspectives, specifically those of the Anishinabeg of Minnesota and Quebec, on treaty signing, economic activities, and the seasonal round.

    Free
  • Onamia and Online – Dakota and Ojibwe Languages Symposium

    Grand Casino Mille Lacs 777 Grand Avenue, Onamia, MN, United States

    The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council’s Language Revitalization Working Group, partnering with the Minnesota Humanities Center, is hosting a two-day Dakota & Ojibwe Languages Symposium! The goal of the symposium is to bring people working in Dakota & Ojibwe language revitalization together.

    $30
  • Mankato and Online – Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Care for #WomanLifeFreedom

    Ostrander Auditorium - Minnesota State University - Mankato 540 W Road, Mankato, MN, United States

    Recent events and protests in Iran have catapulted human rights and feminist issues onto the world stage, and yet these movements in Iran are not new. Join Dr. Yalda Hamidi (Minnesota State University, Mankato) and a special guest panel as they reflect on the Iranian feminist revolution of 2022 and the politics of solidarity, care, and transnational feminism.

    Free
  • Walker – Why Treaties Matter

    Walker-Hackensack-Akeley High School 301 4th Street, Walker, MN, United States

    "Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in this place we now call Minnesota.

  • Pine River – We Are Water MN

    Happy Dancing Turtle 2331 Dancing Wind Rd SW, Ste 1, Pine River, MN, United States

    The We Are Water MN traveling exhibit examines three ways of knowing water: personal stories, historical content, and scientific information. Visitors can explore stories both local and statewide and share their own stories of water’s importance in their life.

    Free
  • Coleraine – Teaching American Indian Content to All

    Greenway High School 308 Roosevelt Street, Coleraine, MN, United States

    Educators in the Coleraine area are invited to attend Teaching American Indian Content to All at Greenway High School — two days of multiple classes covering all teaching grade levels and subjects. CEUs are available for participating educators.

    Free
  • St. Peter – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

    St. Peter High School 2121 Broadway Ave, St. Peter, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free
  • Rochester – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

    Mayo Civic Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE, Rochester, MN, United States

    Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

    Free