Dec. 9
We are Still Here: The Circle at 35!
Join us to celebrate the work of
pioneering Native American author Laura Waterman Wittstock and
photographer Dick Bancroft as well as The Circle’s continued mission
to presenting the news from a Native American perspective.
8-9 a.m., All Nations Church, 1515 E.
23rd St., Minneapolis, MN. Doors open at 7:30 for coffee.
$35 suggested donation, to RSVP, call 612-722-3686 or email
thecirclenews@gmail.com.
Dec. 9
Parents of Tradition Family Winter
Gathering
Families with children, ages birth to
five winters-old are invited! Learn how to reclaim tradition ways of
parenting. Learn more about using Indigenous language in your home.
Hosted by Minneapolis Indian Education Parents of Tradition Early
Childhood Education Program. Lunch will be provided and children are
welcome!
12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Division of Indian
Work, 1001 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN. Call to reserve your
space for lunch. Transportation is available upon request, call Jean
at 612-290-9936.
Dec. 10
Prevention through Culture Awareness
Program
Dakota Language Table by Neil McKay.
4-5 p.m., Minneapolis American Indian
Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
Dec. 11
Twin Cities Native Lacrosse Meeting
Twin Cities Native Lacrosse
Organization is hosting a community feast and information meeting
about our new boys and girls lacrosse teams. Children and parents are
invited to eat and learn about playing lacrosse on a youth team.
Players do not need to have any experience playing lacrosse before.
Practices are after school and run from January through the spring.
6 p.m., Minneapolis American Indian
Center, Second Floor Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN.
Dec. 11
Prevention through Culture Awareness
Program
Ojibwe Language Table by Joe Spears.
6-7 p.m., Minneapolis American Indian
Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
Dec. 12-13
Native Art & Craft Sales
For those last minute shoppers! Come on
down and check out our locally-made items! We appreciate your
continued community support of our artists and crafters!
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, 1308 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis. For more information, call
Jacque at 612-871-6618.
Dec. 13
Building Native Communities:
Financial Skills for Families
Topics include: money management,
budgeting to create savings, credit and your credit report. The
Native American-based curriculum is free and open to everyone.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bii Gii Wiin CDLF,
1113 E. Franklin Ave., Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN. For more
information or to register, call 612-354-2249 or email
areese@bgwcdlf.org.
Dec. 13
White Earth Nation Senior Party
3 to 7 p.m., Minneapolis American
Indian Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
Dec. 17
Prevention through Culture Awareness
Program
Cultural Activity: Gift of Giving
(making holiday gifts). This activity is for program participants if
you are interested in joining our program contact staff. For more
information, email gspears@maicnet.org or csecola@maicnet.org.
Dec. 17
Prevention through Culture Awareness
Program
Dakota Language Table by Neil McKay.
4-5 p.m., Minneapolis American Indian
Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
Dec. 17
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.
Dec. 18
Free Tour of Minneapolis Institute
of Arts Native American Art
Ms. Jill Ahlberg Yohe, the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts new Curator of Native American Art, warmly invites
you for conversation and an Native Arts of America gallery tour. All
American Indian/Native American community members are invited to meet
Jill and take a tour to see the MIA’s Native American art collection.
4-6 p.m., Minneapolis Institute of
Arts, 2400 Third Avenue South. This is a free tour and all are
welcome. An RSVP is requested, but not required. Contact Heather at,
612-870-3286.
Dec. 18
Prevention through Culture Awareness
Program
Ojibwe Language Table by Joe Spears.
6-7 p.m., Minneapolis American Indian
Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
Dec. 19
A Very Merry Kids Day
NACC welcomes our families to bring
their children for a day of holiday cheer! Santa will have a gift for
every child there!
9 a.m.-4 p.m., gifts from 2-4 p.m.,
Native American Community Clinic, 1213 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis,
MN. For more information, call 612-872-8086.
Dec. 19
Native Art & Craft Sales
For those last minute shoppers! Come on
down and check out our locally-made items! We appreciate your
continued community support of our artists and crafters!
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, 1308 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis. For more information, call
Jacque at 612-871-6618.
Dec. 21
Moon of the Little Spirit
Feast/Craft Fair
In honor of the Solstice and the sacred
waters in our region. Join Winona LaDuke and Honor the Earth,
WaterLegacy. This event features Chef Sean Sherman, aka the Sioux
Chef, Oglala Lakota Sioux of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in
South Dakota, and a meal of “pre-contact” inspired Native
American cuisine. Sherman has spent the past 25 years harvesting
wisdom from his ancestors by studying the indigenous knowledge of
wild foods prior to colonization. With that knowledge, Sherman
prepares modern dishes utilizing wild and cultivated food of the
Dakota and Ojibwe tribes.
Craft Fair, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Social
Hour, 5:30 p.m., Dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Clyde Iron Works, 2920 W
Michigan St, Duluth, MN 55806. Tickets for the dinner are $45 per
person, $80 per couple, or $300 for an eight-person table. All
proceeds go to benefit the campaigns protecting clean water from
sulfide mining and pipeline development in Minnesota.
Those interested in participating in
the fair, call (612) 385-1557. For more information
or to purchase tickets to the dinner, visit
www.honorearth.org/manidoo_giizisoons_feast
Dec. 21
Minnesota Two Spirit Society
Join the state’s Native LGBTQA alliance
at its quarterly meeting and potluck social. If you identify as
Native lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or a straight ally,
please join us to find a place to belong.
Council meeting, noon to 1 p.m.;
social, 1 to 3 p.m., All My Relations Gallery, 1414 E. Franklin Ave.,
Minneapolis, MN. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/MN2SS.
Jan. 3
Kids’ Crafts: Story Book Time and
God’s Eye activity
Enjoy stories and light snacks from
noon to 1 p.m. Then learn how to weave a "God’s Eye" to
take home. The decorative designs are used on ceremonial shields of
Native American tribes of the southwestern United States.
Participants will receive an instructional handout and materials to
make the craft item. Please allow an hour for the activity. This
project is recommended for children ages 8 and up.
Noon to 3 p.m., Mille Lacs Indian
Museum and Trading Post, Onamia, MN. Fee: $4 per kit (museum
admission not included). For more information, call 320-532-3632.
Jan. 25
Ojibwe Mitten Workshop
Learn techniques of leather working at
this two-day workshop. Participants will make a pair of Ojibwe-style
mittens to take home. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided
both days. A minimum of 5 participants required to host workshop.
Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is
required 3 days prior to workshop. Discounted hotel rooms are
available for workshop participants on Saturday night at Grand Casino
Mille Lacs.
Saturday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday: 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post, Onamia, MN.
Fee: $65/$60 for MNHS members; additional supply fee of $15.
Reservations: required, call 320-532-3632
ONGOING
Mondays
Indian Education Family Language
Table
Experience the teachings of our
ancestors. Anishinaabe scholar and James “Kaagegaabaw” Vukelich
and Dakota teacher and linguist Neil “Chantemaza” 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.
Alcoholics Anonymous
7 to 9 p.m., Minneapolis American
Indian Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN.
Walking Group
10 to 11:30 a.m., Minneapolis American
Indian Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. For more
information, call April Smith at 612-879-1770.
Tuesdays
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.
DSMMA Class
7 to 9 p.m. Minneapolis American Indian
Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. For more information,
call Vaughn Buffalo Bull Lodge at 612-913-2619.
Wednesdays
Enhancing Wellbeing
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.
Women’s Historical Trauma Group
Women’s historical trauma group on
Wednesdays from 1-2:30 p.m. The group will offer culturally-based
approach to healing historical trauma and living wellness as
Indigenous peoples. Women who are interested can call our front desk
at 612-721-9807 for more information.
Drumming
Meal served, participants are welcomed
to bring a dish to share. 4:30 to 7 p.m., Northwest Indian OIC, 520
Fourth Street, Bemidji, MN. For more information, call 218-759-2022
or visit www.nwoic.org.
Thursdays
Thursdays
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.
DSMMA Class
7 to 9 p.m. Minneapolis American Indian
Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN. For more information,
call Vaughn Buffalo Bull Lodge at 612-913-2619.
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.
