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Event

St. Paul – Learning from Place: Bdote

K-12 educators will receive 5 clock hours. 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. Read More

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).

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.

Reflecting on Native-led Humanities Activities Throughout Mni Sota

November 1, 2022 - By Jennifer Tonko

Háŋ! Boozhoo! Welcome to Native American Heritage Month! This period of recognition, reflection, and celebration is set aside by the U.S. Federal government to recognize the Indigenous peoples of this place, who governed themselves as citizens of many sovereign nations, long before European colonizers were intent upon living here.