Minnesota Humanities Center

St. Paul - Commemorate Black Art Featuring Ta-coumba T. Aiken
2022-02-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Minnesota Humanities Event Center, 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
The Minnesota Humanities Center is thrilled to collaborate with its community partners in a series of events Commemorating Black History & Culture 2022 across the City of Saint Paul. Join us for conversation with gifted Twin Cities artist Ta-coumba T. Aiken as he reflects on his extraordinary work, creating art in these tumultuous times, and the next phase of his career. Minnesota Humanities Center CEO Kevin Lindsey will host the evening.
This event is one of four in the Black History and Culture: Art, Music, & Literature Exhibition 2022, presented by Saint Paul Public Library, Minnesota Humanities Center, Ujamma Place, and Public Art Saint Paul.
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St. Paul - Commemorate Black Music Featuring Thomasina Petrus
2022-02-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Minnesota Humanities Event Center, 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
The Minnesota Humanities Center is thrilled to collaborate with its community partners in a series of events Commemorating Black History & Culture 2022 across the City of Saint Paul. Join us for music, song, and conversation with legendary vocalist Thomasina Petrus on her career, life, and her play on the incomparable Billie Holliday. Minnesota Humanities Center CEO Kevin Lindsey will host the evening.
This event is one of four in the Black History and Culture: Art, Music, & Literature Exhibition 2022, presented by Saint Paul Public Library, Minnesota Humanities Center, Ujamma Place, and Public Art Saint Paul.
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St. Cloud – Write on Race
2022-02-03 17:30 - 19:30, 2022-01-06 17:30 - 19:30, 2021-12-02 17:30 - 19:30, 2021-11-04 17:30 - 19:30 | Stearns History Museum, 235 South 33rd Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, United States
*$57 is the fee for all six sessions. Teams of four or more people: $45 each, please contact Jennifer Tonko at jennifer@mnhum.org.
MHC, Love & Struggle, and St. Cloud organizations are partnering to help communities develop action plans to combat racism. Participants will learn about impacts of race in our communities, reflect through journal writing, and share their learning with others. They’ll then develop action plans to move from passive non-racism to active anti-racism.
Schedule
November 4, 2021 – 5:30-7:30 p.m. – Session One: WRITE on RACE
December 2, 2021 – 6:00-7:30 p.m. – Session Two: Past, present, future of race and social impacts of race
January 6, 2022 – 6:00-7:30 p.m. – Session Three: Race and criminal justice
February 3, 2022 – 6:00-7:30 p.m. – Session Four: Race and education
March 17, 2022 – 5:30-8:30 p.m. – Session Five: Race and income
April 21, 2022 – 5:30-8:30 p.m. – Session Six: Closing session RIGHT on RACE (In-person in St. Cloud)
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The Great Northern Festival – Learning from Place: Bdote
2022-01-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Fort Snelling State Park, 101 Snelling Lake Road, St. Paul, MN, 55111, United States
Image detail is from the Minneapolis (Village of Many Lakes) & St Paul (Village along the White Cliffs) map created by artist Marlena Myles.
Learning from Place: Bdote is an immersive experience offered by the Minnesota Humanities Center that invites participants to visit, inhabit, and expand their understanding of Twin Cities sites with deep significance to Dakota people. Participants learn from Dakota community members to reconsider their relationship to land, water, sky, and all life—including other humans—through stories and perspectives that are often left out of our state’s history.
Bdote is a Dakota word that generally means “where two waters come together.” The bdote where Ȟaȟáwakpa (Mississippi River) and the Mnísota Wakpá (Minnesota River) come together is central to Dakota spirituality and history. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding about Dakota people’s relationship to the place we now call Minnesota and will be encouraged to put newfound knowledge to action and further learning.
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Ramona Kitto Stately is an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux Nation. Her educational background includes a BA in Dakota Art and Culture, and a MAE-Teacher Leadership. She worked in Indian Education for the Osseo Area School District 2005-2020 and has been the Chairperson of the Minnesota Indian Education Association since 2018. Currently she serves as the Project Director of We Are Still Here MN.
Ethan Neerdaels, Bdewakantunwan Dakota, is a graduate of the University of Minnesota – American Indian Studies/Dakota Language programs. He currently teaches the Dakota language at Augsburg University, and co-directs the Indian Education program at Osseo Area Schools. He also serves as the Executive Director of Dakhóta Iápi Okhódakičhiye, a 501c3 dedicated to reversing the trend of language loss and raising future generations of Dakota speakers.
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This event will primarily be outdoors so dress accordingly.
A Minnesota state parks vehicle permit is required (one-day permit is $7).
More detailed information will be sent to all registrants during the week of January 24.
This event is offered in partnership with The Great Northern as part of its 2022 festival.
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K-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours.
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St. Paul – We Are Water MN
2022-01-20 - 2022-02-28 | State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, St. Paul, MN, 55155, United States
Free with Admission
The We Are Water MN traveling exhibit examines water issues statewide and in local communities through personal stories, histories, and scientific information. It strengthens Minnesotans’ relationships with water, exposes visitors to new perspectives, and increases participation in water stewardship activities.
Host Partner: MHC and partners
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St. Cloud – Why Treaties Matter
2022-01-03 - 2022-03-03 | Stearns History Museum, 235 South 33rd Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, United States
“Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations”—a traveling exhibit made in partnership with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian—explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in this place we now call Minnesota.
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