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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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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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Ethan Neerdaels speaks to participants at a Learning from Place: Bdote offering.
Teaching Bdote

Teaching Bdote: Tools for Teaching American Indian Content is designed for educators who have attended, or are planning to attend, Learning from Place: Bdote. This workshop is especially useful for developing unique classroom content to align with Minnesota State Social Studies Standards.

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Photo of a participant of an MHC Educator Institute presents a project while other educators look on.
BIPOC Educator Institute

You're Invited! Come join other early career teachers of color and American Indian teachers (TOCAIT) from across Minnesota for an intensive Educator Institute experience that is designed to engage participants in navigating education systems with Resistance, Resilience and Reimagination.

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A view of the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Minnesota River (Bdote) near Fort Snelling.
Critical Conversations

As part of the innovative experiences that will take place during the Wakpa Triennial, the Minnesota Humanities Center is partnering with Public Art Saint Paul to host a series of Critical Conversations. This series will deeply consider and reflect upon questions related to the festival theme “network of mutuality."

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Resistance, Resilience, & Reimagination

Join teachers of color and American Indian teachers from across the state in a year-long program designed to engage participants in navigating education systems with resistance, resilience, and reimagination.

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Natives American Lives Series

The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) is excited to announce an expansion of the Native American Lives Series. In addition to the three original books sharing the life stories of Ella Cara Deloria, Charles Albert Bender, and Peggy Flanagan, an additional nine new stories will be added to the series.

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