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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In-Na-Po Retreat
November 1, 2024 - By Annie Wenstrup
In June 2024, seventeen Indigenous poetry fellows from thirteen Native Nations gathered with distinguished Indigenous faculty at the Minnesota Humanities Center. The retreat launched our #LanguageBack initiative, a movement that supports poets working with their traditional language(s).
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Giving Voice to the Latino Community Through Poetry
October 31, 2024 - By Lupe Castillo
Latinos continue to help fuel our economy and enrich our nation as entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, teachers, nurses, entertainers, scientists, public servants, and much more. Artists are critical in creating consciousness of interwoven Indigeneity, political and personal elevation of the LatinE/X experience. To add to our political power, think about this, every…
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Journey with the Nibi Walk: Highlights and Reflections from Headscarf Story Circle Gathering
August 7, 2024 - By Rose McGee
During our most recent Headscarf gathering in July, we hosted a modified version of the Nibi Walk which means water. Sharon Day, Executive Director of Indigenous People’s Task Force guided 33 women and girls on the sacred ritual which not only paid tribute to water but also offered each participant a chance to focus on her own inner peace, emotional healing, and a spirit of sisterhood connectedness.
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Reflections on Inside & Out
March 27, 2024 - By Art from the Inside
Inside & Out: The Humanities and Mass Incarceration was a convening hosted by Illinois Humanities in March 2024 to bring together humanities councils, community members, and organizers to share, connect, and consider the role of the humanities in mass incarceration.
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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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The Untold Stories of American Veterans
December 19, 2023 - By Tanya Miller
What began as a qualitative research project on the connection between authentic learning and student engagement quickly grew to have a life of its own. I conceived of this project while conducting research for my dissertation in educational leadership through the Minnesota State University of Moorhead.
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Transitions
March 24, 2023 - By Gwen Nell Westerman
Minnesota Poet Laureate Gwen Nell Westerman shares with us her thoughts on this transitional season and gives an insight into her writing process.
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Wild Things – Transgender Day of Visibility
March 14, 2023 - By Lynette Reini-Grandell
I am honored to be invited to talk about my memoir, Wild Things: A Trans-Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story, with my spouse Venus de Mars on Transgender Day of Visibility.
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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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