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Participants at a Learning from Place: Bdote listen as a presenter discusses the importance of this land to the Dakota people.
Learning from Place: Bdote

Learning from Place: Bdote is an immersive experience that brings participants to sites of great significance to Dakota people in the Twin Cities. Participants will learn from Dakota community members through stories and histories that have often been left out of our state’s history.

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Increase Engagement through Absent Narratives

Increase Engagement Through Absent Narratives is an all-day workshop designed for educators, school administrators, and business, community, and organizational leaders who want to build better relationships with their students, colleagues, clients and/or partners.

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A visitor to the We Are Water MN traveling exhibit pauses in front of a display to watch and listen to an interview with Kevin Jensvold Tribal Chair of the Upper Sioux Community.
We Are Water MN

We Are Water MN deepens connections between the humanities and water through a network of partnerships, a traveling exhibit, and public events. We Are Water MN helps communities, organizations, and individuals make better, more collaborative, and more relevant choices about water.

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A visitor at the Why Treaties Matter traveling exhibit pauses in front of a display.
Why Treaties Matter

“Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” is a nationally recognized, award-winning exhibit made in partnership with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

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Protestors assemble outside of the Minnesota State Capitol buidling in St. Paul to protest the deat of George Floyd.
How Can We Breathe

No healthy democracy can exist when so many of its people are routinely and systematically oppressed. How Can We Breathe was a community engagement initiative where we could come together to make meaning of the Minnesota we’re living in right now – the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and uprising – all in the shadow of a global pandemic.

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A 2016 Veterans Voices' awardee celebrates with family and friends at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
Veterans’ Voices

Drawing on the power of the humanities, Veterans’ Voices changes the narrative of Veterans and honors their contributions to our cultures and communities.

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A statue of a soldier on the Minnesota State Capitol grounds.
Reflections on War and Service

Reflections on War and Service fills in the missing stories (those absent narratives) of Veterans, service members, and military families who remember war.

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Write on Race to be Right on Race
Write on Race to be Right on Race ™

The Minnesota Humanities Center and Love & Struggle are partnering to help regional hubs develop action plans to create a more just society. Using the WRITE on RACE to be RIGHT on RACE™ framework participants will learn about past, present, and future impacts of race in our communities. Reflect through journal writing and build understanding with your community members by storytelling and sharing.

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Sculpture and bas relief of Duluth lynching victims, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie in downtown Duluth, MN.
Understanding Our Duluth Lynchings

This virtual event commemorated one of the most horrific moments of racial violence in Minnesota history—the June 15, 1920 lynching of three young Black men, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie in Duluth—and examined the history of racially motivated violence and our efforts toward racial reconciliation.

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