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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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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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Veterans' Voices Awards sit on a table shortly before the start of the ceremony at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
Veterans’ Voices Awardees

The Veterans’ Voices Award honors the outstanding work of Minnesota’s Veterans by featuring their personal stories. Through poetry, prose, essays, memoirs, and more, Veterans find their voice, process their experiences, and connect with others.

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A member of the Black Vision Trust holds a program from the performance of
Black Vision Trust

On December 19, 2022, a gathering of over twenty community leaders convened at the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) in Saint Paul. Facilitated by Ordway President and CEO Chris Harrington, Ordway Strategic Advisor Robin Hickman-Winfield, and MHC President Kevin Lindsey, these members of the newly-formed Vision Trust engaged in conversations connected to the themes that are explored in the production of A Soldier’s Play and discussed how these themes resonate today with veterans and community members.

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Many Fronts

Many Fronts: Veterans’ and Community Voices supports Humanities programming that explores the human impact of war and conflict, its historical, social, and political underpinnings, and the voices and narratives that help us to increase our understanding about one another and war.

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