Understand Native Minnesota
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A campaign focused on improving the Native American narrative in Minnesota schools. Led by @ShakopeeDakota. #UnderstandNativeMN
Joined November 2019
Educators at schools across MN can now apply for the second and final round of mini-grants awarded by Understand Native Minnesota to support classroom learning about Native American culture, history and modern tribal governments:
minneapolisfoundation.org
Minnesota educators at public, private, charter, and tribal schools are eligible to apply for up to $2,000.
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Giveaway now open for the fall 2024 #UnderstandNativeMN one-read! @ShakopeeDakota is donating 10,000 copies of @antontreuer “Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition)” to educators across MN! Request copies: https://t.co/2ocLyJBcRR
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A one-read of “Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask (Young Readers Edition)” is coming this fall! @ShakopeeDakota will donate 10,000 copies of the book by @antontreuer to educators across MN! Giveaway launches next week – stay tuned for details.
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The @bellmuseum has new Indigenous field trip programs, with funding from @ShakopeeDakota's #UnderstandNativeMN. Explore MN’s natural history through Dakota and Ojibwe traditional ecological knowledge & cultural perspectives.
bellmuseum.umn.edu
The Bell expands its K-12 visit experiences with new Gidinendamowinaan and Kapémni field trips, with funding from Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.
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Through #UnderstandNativeMN, @ShakopeeDakota is sponsoring free @MNHS K-12 education products to support greater awareness of Native history, culture and governments in Minnesota. While supplies last, educators can request primary source packets at https://t.co/8o4ryR2LCs.
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Our final podcast episode just dropped. 🎤 Join us one last time as we cover the #UnderstandNativeMN campaign, speak with Native youth about their education experiences and sit down with @ShakopeeDakota Chairman Cole Miller. 🎧 Listen or watch: https://t.co/eLWTPcf9hX
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New podcast alert: @antontreuer joins host Rebecca Crooks-Stratton to talk about sharing Ojibwe language and culture, what inspires his writing, and his latest book, “Where Wolves Don’t Die,” coming this summer. 🎧 Listen or watch: https://t.co/eLWTPceBsp
#UnderstandNativeMN
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As we wrap up our Understand Native Minnesota campaign, we are excited to share a few final podcast episodes. Today’s interview is with Brenda J. Child covering Native history and a new Indigenous art center @UMNews. 🎧 Listen or watch: https://t.co/eLWTPceBsp
#UnderstandNativeMN
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For the first time in more than 100 years, 10 bison are roaming 165 acres of tribal land in Shakopee. The bison, or pte, will graze Native plants and ultimately benefit the entire prairie ecosystem. #UnderstandNativeMN Learn more via @kare11: https://t.co/NHntdY12NH
kare11.com
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community say it's the first time in more than 100 years that the animal has roamed this land.
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#UnderstandNativeMN is excited to announce two free Educator Academy sessions on Feb. 21 and March 14! These one-day professional development workshops guide K-12 educators on how to teach Native American topics in their classrooms. Register now: https://t.co/Ee7DlYrWom
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“At @owamni, we look at the world through a decolonized lens – which to us, is simple,” reads a letter on each table at the MN restaurant by @the_sioux_chef Sean Sherman. #UnderstandNativeMN Read about how the eatery is decolonizing the culinary arts: https://t.co/vIrUXUuB3B
ictnews.org
At Owamni, Sean Sherman, aka The Sioux Chef, and staff introduce diners to a world of Indigenous cuisine
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A new book by Cathy Coats tells the untold story of the Ho-Chunk exile, in which local white residents formed a secret society to expel all Indigenous people from Minnesota. #UnderstandNativeMN Read more via @NativeNews_Net: https://t.co/3hGnhqFDsF
nativenewsonline.net
To Banish Forever: A Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in Minnesota by Cathy Coats tells the untold story of the Ho-Chunk exile from Minnesota, in which local white residents formed...
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Sgt. Jessica Stiffarm is the second-ever female Native American Saint Paul Police Department (@sppdmn) officer to be promoted to the rank of sergeant. #UnderstandNativeMN Learn more via @WCCO: https://t.co/egbWRwSbJH
cbsnews.com
Jessica Stiffarm was promoted Wednesday to sergeant after seven years on the force.
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Katie Himanga was on a mission to preserve native plants on a plot of land containing Dakota burial mounds in Lake City. Last year, her efforts paid off as the city returned the land to the Prairie Island tribe. #UnderstandNativeMN Read more via @MPRNews: https://t.co/zZmiilNEpG
mprnews.org
In what could become a blueprint for similar Minnesota communities, Lake City, southeast of the Twin Cities, has returned ownership of Dakota burial mounds back to their modern-day relatives at...
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New podcast alert: We’re glad to welcome @ShakopeeDakota Environmental Sciences Supervisor Ferin Davis Anderson on to discuss conservation, Indigenous fire use and her forthcoming book, “Wildfire.” 🎧 Listen or watch: https://t.co/eLWTPceBsp
#UnderstandNativeMN @LernerBooks
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Dr. Melissa Blind of @umnduluth was recently featured on @MNNativeNews Native Lights podcast. Blind’s research aims to improve dementia outcomes in Indigenous and rural communities. #UnderstandNativeMN 🎧 Listen: https://t.co/eClaGZrOSz
minnesotanativenews.org
Native Lights is a weekly, half-hour radio program hosted by Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe members and siblings, Leah Lemm and Cole Premo. Native Lights is a space for people in Native communities around...
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Last week Lily Gladstone became the @goldenglobes’ first Indigenous best actress winner for her role in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Learn more about Gladstone’s historic win via @MPRNews: https://t.co/1w5c2RbCeT
mprnews.org
Lily Gladstone has made Golden Globes history. She became the first Indigenous person to win an award for best actress in a drama on Sunday night. Gladstone won for her role as Mollie Burkhart in...
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A new mortgage lending program from the Mni Sota Fund will make it possible for more Native Twin Citians to build generational wealth and achieve the dream of home ownership. #UnderstandNativeMN Read more via the @SahanJournal: https://t.co/tC9F2I2rSF
sahanjournal.com
The Mni Sota Fund nonprofit is expanding its aid for Native Twin Citians beyond financial counseling and personal loans. The greater goal? To break the cycle of poverty.
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For the first time in over 150 years, a bison herd roams freely on tribal land in the southwest metro. Their return is part of an effort by @ShakopeeDakota to renew cultural and spiritual connections between tribal members and the animals. https://t.co/DfJssUNaKi
startribune.com
Ten female bison arrived Nov. 29 and now graze on land owned by the tribe.
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Dakota women Maggie Lorenz and Shelley Buck are at the helms of two Twin Cities nonprofits – Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi and @Owamniyomni Okhódayapi – leading the charge in land stewardship and restoration work. #UnderstandNativeMN Read more via @MPRNews: https://t.co/nRbYZIdKYN
mprnews.org
The Twin Cities are at the epicenter of a dynamic shift in the world of land stewardship and restoration work. Leading the charge are two nonprofit environmental organizations —Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi...
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