American Indian Resources

  • BDOTE Pilot Knob

     

    Justice is reclaiming our humanity by reclaiming our sacred earth–that earth is our homeland.

                Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan, Dakota artist and poet 

    Where do we live? What is the history of this place we call home? Learning about the indigenous people of this region, and teaching it to our students, is both a legal and ethical responsibility for Minnesota educators. The MRC has compiled the following resources to help you do that. Please contact us if you have questions or comments about anything presented here, or if you know of something not included that would be useful to other educators. Thank you!

  • Bdote Learning Experience

    Posted by Sheryl L. Kempf on 8/30/2016 11:00:00 AM

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    Bdote Learning Experience

    The Bdote Learning Experience is a daylong field trip visiting sites in the Twin Cities that are culturally and historically significant to Dakota people. This absent narrative approach to local history is  based on the Bdote Memory Map.

    It is being offered to all SPPS fifth graders as part of the MN State Social Studies standard for US History, 5.4.4.15.1: North America was populated by indigenous nations that had developed a wide range of social structures, political systems, and economic activities, and whose expansive trade networks extended across the continent. (Era: Before European Contact)

    Teachers are trained by taking the field trip, led by Dakota educators. Trips are held in the spring and fall. Priority is given to fifth grade teachrs, but when space is available the trip is free and open to all SPPS staff and community members.

    For digital teaching resources and more information about the Bdote trip click here.

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  • SPPS American Indian Education

    American Indian Programs and Committees within the Saint Paul Public School district

    Organization

    The American Indian Education Programs are supervised via the Office of Professional Development. The American Indian Education Parent Committee is composed of parents/guardians of American Indian students attending Saint Paul Public Schools, teachers and staff under the teacher's contract actively working in the District, and American Indian secondary students attending a District school. Their role is to assist and advise the Saint Paul Public School District in providing effective school programs and services for American Indian students.

    Eligibility Guidelines

    The American Indian Education Program provides services by request students, parents, teachers, and other school personnel may request services. All services are supplemental to existing services or are services not provided by another school program.
    American Indian Education Program services may be provided to any American Indian student who is:

    - An enrolled member of a tribe, band, or other organized group, including Alaskan Natives.
    - The child or grandchild of a member of a tribe, band, or other organized group.

     

    List of American Indian Programming

    https://www.spps.org/Page/4215
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  • Native Youth Alliance

    Native Youth Alliance of Minnesota (NYAM) emerged from efforts following the2008 Minnesota Summit on Afterschool Learning Opportunities.  The summit engaged over 175 leaders, including 18 Native people from tribal nations and communities throughout Minnesota.  During the summit, research and data was presented to promote efforts for ensuring all youth have access to high quality afterschool programming. Native youth were omitted in the information because research and data are lacking.  Chairwoman Erma Vizenor (White Earth Nation), a summit panelist, addressed the critical need for high-quality research and data about Native youth in Minnesota and issued a call to action to improve visibility of Native youth.

    Following the summit, twelve (12) committed people formed a planning committee.  Minnesota Department of Education and Minnesota Department of Public Safety provided support.  The committee met monthly from mid-2009 to late 2011.  In 2012, the committee continued to meet bi-monthly.  During this time, the group worked with Full Circle Community Institute, a nonprofit organization, to host five (5) separate Gathering of Tribal Leaders, Native Youth, and Native Researcher events.  The Gatherings invited an inclusive process for exploring ways to ensure Native youth are included in information used by decision makers, policymakers, and practitioners.  Several guiding principles, goals, and strategies were created.  These early efforts and insights form the foundation of NYAM, which was incorporated in 2013 and received 501c3 tax exempt status in 2014.

    http://nativeyouthmn.org/wp/
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  • MN Healing Stories Capitol Art Project

    Read more about local Organization MN Healing stories and their Capitol Art Project which seeks to reconstruct the narrative preserved through the art housed in the Capitol Building. 

    Check out the MRC's Capitol Art curriculum here:

     

    https://healingmnstories.wordpress.com/capitol-art/
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  • All My Relation's Gallery's Capitol Art Exhibit

    Read More about the Capitol Art Exhibit currently on display at the All My Relations Gallery in Minneapolis. This exhibit will be viewable in the MRC this fall!

     

    http://www.allmyrelationsarts.com/exhibits/current-exhibit/
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  • Watch Footage from North Dakota's protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Learn more information about the activism lead by Indigenous North Dakotan's group "Sacred Stone" against the environmental terror that is the Dakota Access Pipeline. 

     

    http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/08/21/dakota-access-democracy-now-profiles-water-protectors-sacred-stones-camp-165524
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