Through Aug. 21
The World Through Our Eyes
The World Through Our Eyes is an
exhibition of works by eight Two Spirit artists curated by 2015 Guest
Curator, Orlando Avery. The exhibition showcases a beautiful variety
of art from fashion design, photography, acrylic, and installation
art. Featured artwork depicts the artistic rendition of the world
seen through the eyes of a Two spirit artist. Avery is a citizen of
the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. He grew up in Redscaffold Community
in South Dakota. Avery studied Museum Studies from the Institute of
American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM.
2015 Guest Curator Artist Participants:
Nadya Kwandibens, Asa Wright, Sharon Day, Whitney Minthorn, George
Bettleyoun, Jolonzo Goldtooth, Ryan Dennison and Edison Richards
All My Relations Gallery, 1414 E.
Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10
a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Closed Sunday and Monday. For
more information, call 612-235-4970 or visit
www.allmyrelationsarts.com.
July 31-Aug. 2
Oyate Traditional Wacipi
Warm-ups: Friday, 7 p.m.; Grand
Entries: Saturday, 1 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.
Pezihutazizi Oyate: Upper Sioux
Community, Granite Falls, MN.
Aug. 1
Owamni: Falling Water Festival
This one-day event celebrates
Minnesota’s Indigenous culture with music, art, food, exhibitors
and more. Featuring Scatter Their Own, Bluedog, and Wade Fernandez.
An arts fair area focused on American
Indian contemporary and traditional arts will showcase the talents of
Anishinaabe, Hochunk, and Dakota visual artists. This event is made
possible by a grant from the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board. Events
partners include the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, St
Anthony Falls Heritage Board, Minnesota Historical Society, and Dream
of Wild Health.
Father Hennepin Bluff Park
4 to 8 p.m., Father Hennepin Bluff
Park, 420 SE Main St, Minneapolis, MN. For more information, call
MaryLynn Pulscher at 612-313-7784 or email
mpulscher@minneapolisparks.org.
Aug. 3-5
Minnesota Fringe Festival: Bring the
Children Home?
Written by Marcie Rendon. Oday journeys
to find his/her identity by breaking free of the pull toward Western
society and relies on the spirits and elders. A story that blends
physical and spiritual realities about the power of healing.
Appropriate for ages 7 and up.
Warnings: Adult language, Loud noises/gunshots.
Monday, 5:30 and 7 p.m.; Tuesday, 5:30
and 8:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m., Minneapolis American Indian Center,
1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. For more information and
tickets, visit www.fringefestival.org.
Aug. 5
Creativity Among Native Artists
Initiative
Attention North Dakota, South Dakota,
Minnesota and Wisconsin Native American artists. Providing
opportunities for: exhibitions; professional development; and artist
residency program.
3:30 to 5 p.m., Mille Lacs Indian
Museum & Trading Post, 43411 Oodena Dr, Onamia, MN. For more
information, call Laura Youngbird at 701-551-6119 or email
lyoungbird@plainsart.org.
Aug. 5-Oct. 21
Plan It! An Entrepreneur’s Guide to
Success
Bii Gii Wiin CDLF Entrepreneurial
Training is fast approaching if you know of any Natives wanting to
start or expand their business, this training is a great opportunity
to learn everything needed to start your dream of owning your own
business!
1508 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
For more information or to register, call Rich Antell or Andrea Reese
at 612-354-2249 or email rantell@bgwcdlf.org, areese@bgwcdlf.org,
visit www.bgwcdlf.org or www.facebook.com/biigiiwiin.
Aug. 5
Grow Your Own with Mashkiikii
Gitigan
Subjects will include: Growing,
Harvesting, Preparing and preserving food, Traditional Native
American methods, Foraging, Sacred tobacco, Wild rice, Nutrition,
Diabetes and heart disease prevention and Diabetes Screening. Healthy
Living Starts with Healthy Eating!
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., free to all,
drop-ins welcome!
Mashkiikii Gitigan
(Medicine Garden), 24th Street Community Urban Farm, 1316 E. 24th
St., Minneapolis, MN. For more information call Christina or Annelie
at 612-436- 2676 or email 24thStFarm@gmail.com.
Aug. 6
Treasure Island Resort & Casino
Recruitment Fair
Employment Reps from Treasure Island
Resort and Casino will be coming to American Indian OIC/Takoda
Institute to present information on various employment opportunities
they have available. They will also be doing on-site interviews. If
enough job-seekers apply and are hired Treasure Island is willing to
provide an employee shuttle.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., American Indian OIC,
1845 East Franklin Ave Minneapolis MN. To fill out an application
online, visit https://careers.ticasino.com.
Aug. 6-9
Annual Meskwaki Powwow
Meskwaki Powwow Grounds: Battleground
Road, Tama, IA. For more information, call 641-484-4678, email
meskwakipowwow@gmail.com or visit www.meskwakipowwow.com.
Aug. 7
Elder Picnic Fundraiser
Every year the Minneapolis American
Indian Center and other American Indian agencies plan the Elder
Picnic and this year we want to continue to party! Come have a great
meal and help out the elders. We will be using the money for food,
supplies and gifts.
Menu: Indian tacos with water or
coffee, fry bread, fry bread with wojapi, water or coffee. Volunteers
needed.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Minneapolis American
Indian Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minnepolis, MN. For more
information, prices or to volunteer, call April Smith at 612-616-0115
or email asmith@maicnet.org.
Aug. 7
Back to School Education Group for
Families
Back to School is right around the
corner! Do you have questions about getting prepared for the school
year? Learn about and test healthy after school snacks and lunch box
meals. Enter a raffle for a backpack full of school supplies and get
answers to your beginning the school year healthcare questions!
Noon
to 2 p.m., Minneapolis American Indian Center Auditorium, 1530 E.
Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. For more information, email Katelyn
Matheny at kmatheny@nacc-healthcare.org
Aug. 7
Foster Care Information Meeting
ICWA foster and adoptive families are
needed. Do you know someone who has love to share? All are welcome!
Please come to an information session to learn more.
Noon to 2 p.m., Hennepin County
Library-North Regional, 1315 Lowry Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN. For more
information, visit
www.hennepin.us/residents/human-services/foster-care.
Aug.
8
“Honoring
Community through Strength and Healing”
Natives
Against Heroin invite the community for its First Annual Traditional
Powwow to sing and dance for those who have overcome addiction, are
in recovery and need to find recovery.
Head
Dancers: Dave Larson and Valerie Larson; Host Drum: Redbone and
Ringing Shield; MCs: James Cross and Joe Perez. Movie during dinner:
“State of Using.” Resources on treatment and recovery will be
available. Outdoor event, bring your own lawn chair and canopy.
Firearms prohibited, security will be provided, not responsible for
lost/stolen items, accidents or injuries.
Free.
Grand Entry, 1 p.m., Feast, 5 p.m., Cedar Avenue Field, 2500 Cedar
Ave., Minneapolis, MN. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1451145845193307.
Aug. 9
Telling Queer History: Two Spirit
A series of gatherings based on sharing
stories in an open, informal, and participatory format. It’s about
connecting queer communities, queer history and generations so that
we can learn from our shared past, present, and future.
Featured speaker: Coya White
Hat-Artichoker, Reva. Allies are welcome to join, listen and
volunteer. Hearing our stories is a great way to be an ally, allowing
and assisting us in having the space to tell our stories is a way to
be an advocate.
Suggested donation, 2 to 4:30 p.m.,
Hennepin History Museum, 2303 Third Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN. For
more information, email hello@tellingqueerhistory.com.
Aug. 11
Summer Blood Drive
According to Memorial Blood Centers,
the SMSC’s blood drive partner, someone in the local community
needs blood every two seconds. All blood types are needed. To donate
blood, a donor must be healthy and at least 17 years old (16
year-olds can donate with written parental consent). A donor cannot
have donated blood in the last 56 days. For those 19 years and older,
one must also weigh at least 110 pounds.
Donors will go through a brief
screening process as part of the approval, including a mini-physical
and a health history questionnaire. The questionnaire can be answered
ahead of time on the date of the donation at mbc.org/idonate. The
entire process takes 45 minutes.
Free, open to the public. 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., Dakotah! Sport and Fitness, 2100 Trail of Dreams, Prior Lake,
MN. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call SMSC
Wellness Coordinator Chris Blum at 952-233-2926. Appointments are
recommended, but walk-ins are accepted.
Aug. 11
Native Professionals Networking
Night
Come connect with other Native American
professionals and aspiring professionals in a less-formal, more fun
setting!
5 to 8 p.m., Moto-I Restaurant, 2940
Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN. For more information, call
Stephanie Zadora at 612-284-1091 or email szadora@nacdi.org
Aug. 12
Adoption Information Meetings
ICWA foster and adoptive families are
needed. Do you know someone who has love to share? All are welcome!
Please come to an information session to learn more.
1 to 3:30 p.m., Hennepin County
Library-Southdale, Ethel Berry Room, 7001 York Ave. S., Edina, MN.
For more information, visit
www.hennepin.us/residents/human-services/adoption.
Aug. 12
Grow Your Own with Mashkiikii
Gitigan
Subjects will include: Growing,
Harvesting, Preparing and preserving food, Traditional Native
American methods, Foraging, Sacred tobacco, Wild rice, Nutrition,
Diabetes and heart disease prevention and Diabetes Screening. Healthy
Living Starts with Healthy Eating!
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., free to all,
drop-ins welcome!
Mashkiikii Gitigan
(Medicine Garden), 24th Street Community Urban Farm, 1316 E. 24th
St., Minneapolis, MN. For more information call Christina or Annelie
at 612-436- 2676 or email 24thStFarm@gmail.com.
Aug. 14-16
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Wacipi
Color Guard: Sisseton-Wahpeton Vietnam
Veterans (Kit Fox Society); MCs: Wallace Coffey and Danny Seaboy;
Arena Directors: Rusty Gillette and Juaquin Hamilton.
Dance specials, moccasin games and
prize money for first through fifth place.
Junior Adults (ages 18-34): Men’s:
Traditional, Grass, Fancy, Southern Straight, Chicken
Women’s:
Traditional, Southern Buckskin/Cloth (comb.), Fancy Shawl, Jingle;
Senior Adults (ages 35-54): Men’s: Traditional, Grass, Fancy,
Southern Straight, Chicken; Women’s: Traditional, Southern
Buckskin/Cloth (combined), Fancy Shawl, Jingle; Golden Age (ages 55 &
over): Men’s: Fancy/Grass (combined), Traditional/Southern Straight
(combined); Women’s: Fancy/Jingle (combined), Traditional/Southern
Buckskin/Cloth (combined); Teens (ages 13-17): Boys: Traditional,
Fancy, Grass
Girls: Traditional, Fancy Shawl, Jingle; Juniors
(ages 6-12 ): Boys: Traditional, Fancy, Grass
Girls: Traditional,
Fancy Shawl, Jingle; Tiny Tots (ages 5 and under): paid daily; Day
money for all categories. All dancers not receiving prize money will
be paid. Individual must be present with number on Sunday evening
(only after winners are announced).
Dance registration begins Friday at
12:30 p.m. (must have button to register). Point system to begin
Friday. Grand Entry/registrations closes at 12:30 p,m., Saturday.
$5 admission for entire weekend with
button purchase; free for 60 years and older, 10 years and younger.
Includes meal on Saturday.
Grand Entries: Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday
1 and 7 p.m., and Sunday 1 p.m.; Flag Raising: Saturday/Sunday, 9
a.m.; Fireworks: Saturday, 10 p.m. SMSC Wacipi Grounds, 3212 Dakotah
Parkway Shakopee, MN. For more information, visit smscwacipi.org.
Aug. 16
Franklin Avenue Open Streets
Open Streets = Happy Streets! Open
Streets Mpls allows people of all ages to experience their streets in
a new way. For the past five years, streets in Minneapolis have
transformed to allow residents to experience their city in a whole
new way: by bike, by skateboard, however they please. We call this
Open Streets Mpls and it has grown from one event in 2011 to eight in
2015 events all across the city!
We see Open Streets Mpls as the perfect
chance to promote healthy living, local businesses, sustainable
transportation and civic pride in Minneapolis. On multiple days
throughout the year, we create miles of safe, car-free streets so
that residents of all ages can walk, bike, shop, participate in
spontaneous play activities, and get to know one another.
We hope you’ll join us this year on a
street in your own neighborhood, and enjoy it from a different
perspective. Come wander the Open Streets and have some fun! You can
even bring your dog. And of course, it’s free!
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Frankline Avenue,
Minneapolis. For more information, call the Minneapolis Bicycle
Coalition at 612-568-6227.
Aug. 18-19
Native Business World Café
As American Indian business owners,
entrepreneurs and artisans, we would like to invite your presence and
voice to be part of a World Café conversation to get at the heart of
how we can increase and sustain American Indian business in
Minnesota. We will be hosting two conversations, one on Tuesday,
August 18 and one on Wednesday, August 19. A family style meal will
be served at 5:00 pm.
If you know of other
entrepreneurs/artisans/business owners that would be interested,
please feel free to forward to your colleagues.
From this perspective, conversations
are action: the very heartbeat and lifeblood of social systems like
organizations, communities, and cultures
5 to 9 p.m., Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
Building, Front Meeting Room, 1308 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
For more information, call Pamela Standing at 218-847-9554 or email
info@mniba.org.
Aug. 19
Grow Your Own with Mashkiikii
Gitigan
Subjects will include: Growing,
Harvesting, Preparing and preserving food, Traditional Native
American methods, Foraging, Sacred tobacco, Wild rice, Nutrition,
Diabetes and heart disease prevention and Diabetes Screening. Healthy
Living Starts with Healthy Eating!
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., free to all,
drop-ins welcome!
Mashkiikii Gitigan
(Medicine Garden), 24th Street Community Urban Farm, 1316 E. 24th
St., Minneapolis, MN. For more information call Christina or Annelie
at 612-436- 2676 or email 24thStFarm@gmail.com.
Aug. 26
Grow Your Own with Mashkiikii
Gitigan
Subjects will include: Growing,
Harvesting, Preparing and preserving food, Traditional Native
American methods, Foraging, Sacred tobacco, Wild rice, Nutrition,
Diabetes and heart disease prevention and Diabetes Screening. Healthy
Living Starts with Healthy Eating!
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., free to all,
drop-ins welcome!
Mashkiikii Gitigan (Medicine Garden),
24th Street Community Urban Farm, 1316 E. 24th St., Minneapolis, MN.
For more information call Christina or Annelie at 612-436- 2676 or
email 24thStFarm@gmail.com.
Aug. 26
The Native American Cancer Support
Group
If you or someone you know is a cancer
patient or survivor, we encourage you to join us. Every group session
is potluck style, bring something if you can or just bring yourself.
6 to 8 p.m., East Phillips Cultural &
Community Center, 2307 17th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN. For more
information, call Joy Rivera at 612-202-0588 or email
jrivera@americanindiancancer.org.
Aug. 28-30
Cha Cha Bah Ning 35th Traditional
Powwow
The Leech Lake Pow Wow Committee will
not tolerate any drug or alcohol use while on property. Fighting or
gang related activities such as displaying gang colors, bandanas, cap
and other gang related attire to promote a negative atmosphere will
not be allowed. Any violators will result in removal from the Powwow
grounds by security and/or onsite law enforcement personnels. No
alcohol, drugs, firearms or weapons allowed. The Leech Lake Pow Wow
Committee is not responsible for any accidents, damages or stolen
items.
21 miles North of Deer River, MN on,
Hwy 46, Right on County Road 35, Inger, MN.
For more information, contact: Dorothy
Robinson, 218-659-2708, dorthy.robinson@llojibwe.com; Anita Cloud,
218-256-6163; Sarah or Selma Jackson, 218-659-2196; or LaVonne
Thompson, 218-308-3680, lavonne.thompson@leechlakegaming.com.
Aug. 29
Financial Literacy Workshop
Join us for a Native American-based
curriculum on topics, including: money management, budgeting to
create savings, credit and your credit report. Lunch provided, open
to everyone.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Bii Gii Wiin
CDLF, 1113 E Franklin Ave., Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN. For more
information or to register, call Andrea Reese at 612-354-2249, email
areese@bgwcdlf.org, visit www.bgwcdlf.org or
www.facebook.com/biigiiwiin.
MONDAYS
Indian Education Family Language Table
Experience the teachings of our
ancestors. Anishinaabe scholar and James Vukelich and Dakota teacher
and linguist Neil McKay and explore the teachings of the Dakota and
Ojibwe people.
All community members are welcome to
attend, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Anishinabe Academy, 3100 E. 28th St.,
Minneapolis, MN.
Medicine Wheel AA Meeting
Open 12 Step AA meeting, no
transportation or childcare provided. Come to parking lot door.
6 p.m., Church of Gitchiwaa Kateri,
3045 Park Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN.
Alcoholics Anonymous
7 to 9 p.m., Minneapolis American
Indian Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
TUESDAYS
Women’s Anger Management
Educational and culturally specific
anger management and domestic violence classes for women. Groups are
free of charge and daycare is provided. Groups meet for 15 sessions.
Intake required prior to participation.
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Division of Indian
Work, 1001 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN. For intake or more
information, call Fredora Justin-Alcindor at 612-279-6319.
Red Road Wellbriety Meeting
Light lunch provided. Noon-1 p.m., St.
Stephen’s, 2309 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
Parents of Tradition
Guiding Elder: Ida Downwind. For
parents with small children ages birth to five years-old. Parent and
child learning activities and reconnect to the good path of parenting
through Ojibwe and Dakota languages.
Little Earth of United Tribes, 2495
18th Avenue South, LERA Youth Center, noon to 2 p.m. To register call
Jean Colemen at 612-290-9936.
On the Red Road AA Meeting
The
first Tuesday of every month is a speaker pot luck. Please bring a
dish to share and stay to hear an AA speaker. We welcome community
members who bring food to share.
7 to 9 p.m., Minneapolis American
Indian Center Auditorium, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
Women of Traditional Birthing
Topics and activities include:
breastfeeding, labor and delivery, infant mortality, baby blankets,
birthing plans, prenatal yoga, dream catchers, tobacco ties. Upon
completion, participants receive a Target gift card. Dinner, daycare
and transportation will be provided.
5 to 7:30 p.m., Division of Indian
Work, 1001 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN. For more information, call
Ruth Mestas at 612-279-6312 or email rmestas@diw-mn.org.
Father Project
Comprehensive parenting support for
fathers. Services included are child support services, employment
training, case management, GED tutoring and legal services (family
law).
Free, 5 to 7 p.m. Division of Indian
Work, 1001 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN. Call Joe Regguinti to
complete an intake for the program at 612-279-6342.
WEDNESDAYS
Women’s Domestic Violence Support
Group
Educational and supportive environment
for survivors of domestic violence. Groups are free of charge and
daycare is provided. Intake required prior to participation. Groups
meet for 12 weeks.
1 to 3 p.m. Division of Indian Work,
1001 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN. For more information, call
612-279-6319.
Men’s Anger Management
Educational and culturally specific
anger management and domestic violence classes for men. Groups meet
for 18 sessions or 37 hours. Intake required prior to participation.
5:30-7:30 p.m. Division of Indian Work,
1001 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN. For more information, call Fredora
Justin-Alcindor at 612-279-6319.
Enhancing Wellbeing with Chronic Health
Conditions
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Native American
Community Clinic, 1213 East Frankline Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. For
more information, call 612-872-8086 or visit www.nacc-healthcare.org.
THURSDAYS
Men’s Anger Management
Educational and culturally specific
anger management and domestic violence classes for men. Groups meet
for 18 sessions or 37 hours. Intake required prior to participation.
1 to 3 p.m. Division of Indian Work,
1001 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, MN. For more information, call Fredora
Justin-Alcindor at 612-279-6319.
Women’s Grief and Loss Support Group
11 a.m.-noon, Native American Community
Clinic, 1213 East Frankline Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. For more
information, call 612-872-8086 or visit www.nacc-healthcare.org.
FRIDAYS
Stress Management Group
Are you worried, stressed, or tense a
lot?
Then maybe this new group is for you. It’s normal to feel
tense, stressed, and worried when the moment puts you under pressure.
Just so you know, 2 out of every 5 of us worries at least once every
day. But, it’s not okay when those feelings of worry, stress, and
being tense keep us from doing what we want in life. This group can
help you learn how to reduce how much tension and stress you feel and
help you better control your worrying thoughts. Give it a try!
Group
open to anyone, 11 a.m. to noon, Native American Community Clinic,
1213 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. For more information or to
register at 612-872-8086 option 1.
First Saturday
Parent Resource Group Meets in
Minneapolis
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of
Minnesota provides support groups for families of children with
mental illness. The support groups will help parents discover
resources to meet the challenges of raising a child with mental
illness, learn coping skills and develop problem-solving skills.
Parent resource groups are facilitated by a parent who has a child
with a mental illness and who has been trained to lead support
groups. This group also offers bilingual support for
Spanish-speakers. 2:15-3:45 p.m., Lake Nokomis Recreation Center,
Arts and Crafts Room, 4955 West Lake Nokomis Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN.
For more information, call Susan at 612-424-1823.
1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month
Ojibwe Language Table
Everyone is welcome. Potluck dinner,
feel free to bring a dish to share, drinks can be purchased at the
coffee shop. 5:30-7:30 p.m., Pow Wow Grounds, 1414 E. Franklin Ave.,
Minneapolis, MN 55404. For more information, call 612-545-5598.