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Online – Beyond Learning from Place: Featuring Native Governance Center
K-12 Educators will receive 2.5 clock hours. Join Native Governance Center, a Native-led nonprofit, for a practical and interactive session on building authentic partnerships and taking actionable next steps. This session is designed to support Bdote trip participants as well as anyone seeking guidance in developing authentic, respectful relationships with Native Nations. Read More
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Online – Teaching Bdote Educator Workshop
K-12 Educators will receive 2.5 clock hours. The Teaching Bdote Educator Workshop is designed for educators who have attended Learning from Place: Bdote and are preparing to incorporate the experience into their classroom or lead their own classroom field trip. Read More
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St. Paul – Learning from Place: Bdote for Educators
Learning from Place: Bdote is an immersive, place-based learning experience that brings participants to sites of deep significance to Dakota people in the Twin Cities. Through stories shared by Dakota community members, educators will engage with histories and perspectives that are often absent from our state’s narrative. Read More
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Duluth – Learning from Place: Anishinaabe Duluth/Misaabekong
Experience Duluth/Misaabekong through Ojibwe/Anishinaabe perspectives, exploring the stories, histories, and relationships to place that have shaped the city and continue to resonate today. Read More
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St. Paul – Metro Indian Education Fall Gathering
Join us for the Fall Metro Indian Education Gathering at the Minnesota Humanities Center. Anyone connected to American Indian Education and/or American Indian students is welcome to attend. Read More
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St. Paul – Learning Through Play: An Ojibwe Games Workshop for Educators
Join the Minnesota Humanities Center and Tony Drews of Nashke Native Games for an interactive professional development experience exploring how Ojibwe games can be used in K–12 classrooms. Read More
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St. Paul – Celebrating Ojibwe Language and Culture Through Games
Put the cell phones away and join us for an evening of fun, food, and cultural connection. As we recognize National Native American Heritage Month, the Minnesota Humanities Center welcomes Tony Drews and Nashke Native Games for a lively, intergenerational game night. Read More
Pathfinding
July 1, 2026 - By Hema Patel
On Indigenous Peoples Day 2019, a friend snapped a photo of me with tight braids, my grandmother’s shawl, and dentalium earrings by the late Oglala artist Dana Lonehill. Five years after this photo was taken, I began my young reader’s history of Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin by examining a strikingly similar photo – one she submitted as her White House employee personnel photo in 1911.
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Minneapolis – Book Launch for Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin: Political Pathfinder
Join us for the official launch of Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin: Political Pathfinder, a newly released title in the acclaimed Native American Lives Series. Hear from editor and former Minneapolis Poet Laureate Heid E. Erdrich alongside author Hema Erdrich Patel as they discuss the life, legacy, and political vision of Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin. Read More
More Than a Moment: How We’re Indigenizing Literacy to Close the Opportunity Gap
May 7, 2026 - By Jason Bresette
In the hallways of St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS), we often talk about "mirrors and windows" Emily Style (1988) - the idea that every student deserves to see themselves reflected in their learning and to look out onto the diverse world around them.
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