Through #UnderstandNativeMN , Shakopee Mdewakanton 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 mnhs.info/SMSC.

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 Shakopee Mdewakanton Chairman Cole Miller.

🎧 Listen or watch: understandnativemn.org/podcast

New podcast alert: Anton Treuer 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: understandnativemn.org/podcast
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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 University of Minnesota.
🎧 Listen or watch: understandnativemn.org/podcast
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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 KARE 11:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Sgt. Jessica Stiffarm is the second-ever female Native American Saint Paul Police Department (Saint Paul Police Department) officer to be promoted to the rank of sergeant. #UnderstandNativeMN

Learn more via WCCO | CBS News Minnesota:
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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:
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New podcast alert: We’re glad to welcome Shakopee Mdewakanton Environmental Sciences Supervisor Ferin Davis Anderson on to discuss conservation, Indigenous fire use and her forthcoming book, “Wildfire.”
🎧 Listen or watch: understandnativemn.org/podcast
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Dr. Melissa Blind of @umnduluth was recently featured on MN Native News Native Lights podcast. Blind’s research aims to improve dementia outcomes in Indigenous and rural communities. #UnderstandNativeMN

🎧 Listen:
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Last week Lily Gladstone became the Golden Globe Awards’ 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:
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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 Sahan Journal:
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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 Shakopee Mdewakanton to renew cultural and spiritual connections between tribal members and the animals.
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Dakota women Maggie Lorenz and Shelley Buck are at the helms of two Twin Cities nonprofits – Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi and Owámniyomni Okhódayapi Okhódayapi – leading the charge in land stewardship and restoration work. #UnderstandNativeMN

Read more via @MPRNews:
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More organizations are using land acknowledgements to recognize Indigenous people as historical stewards of the land. Now, Native leaders are urging people to connect those statements to action. #UnderstandNativeMN

Read more in the Star Tribune:
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Attention, teachers! You could get an #UnderstandNativeMN grant of up to $2,000 to teach Native content in your classroom. Join the The Minneapolis Foundation for a virtual info session on Jan. 11 to learn more about the funding and how to apply.

Register at: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Native American translations are being added to more road signs across the U.S. to raise awareness about Native communities and revive tribal languages.

Read more via the The Associated Press:
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A new #UnderstandNativeMN grant program funded by Shakopee Mdewakanton seeks to strengthen classroom lessons on Minnesota's Native American history.

Learn more via the Star Tribune:
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