Nov. 1
11th Annual Gathering for Our Children
& Returning Adoptees Powwow
Emcee: Jerry Dearly; Arena Directors:
Windy Downwind and Kirk Crow Shoe; Host Drum: Maza Kute; Color Guard:
Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Kit Fox Society.
Grand Entry, 1 p.m.; Wablenica
Ceremony: The Wablenica Olowan (Orphan Song) will be sung for those
returning adoptees and fostered individuals and their families. A
ceremony will be offered to heal the grief caused by separation from
family and heritage. Feast, 5 p.m.; Kwatsan (Quechan) Bird Singer,
6-7 p.m.; Grand Entry, 7 p.m., a special honor song and recognition
for our young relatives who have experience foster care.
This pow wow is a celebration our
community’s strengths. As we continue to gather and acknowledge the
strengths of our families, we heal from the intergenerational trauma
within our extended family systems. As our families and communities
heal we are better able to adopt and foster our Native children.
Sponsored by: First Nations Repatriation Institute; Division of
Indian Work; Indigenous Women’s Life Net; Hennepin County; Bois
Forte Urban Office; Department of Human Services
Event is free and open to the public.
Minneapolis American Indian Center, 1530 E. Franklin Ave.,
Minneapolis, MN. For vendor information, call Tina Knafla at
612-348-9662. For general information, contact Sandra White Hawk, at
651-442-4872 or email
sandywhitehawk@gmail.com or Jacque Wilson at
612-871-6618 or email
urbanoffice@boisforte-nsn.gov.
Nov. 2
No Honor in Racism Rally
Join us as we protect our children and
future generations from the racist imagery and mascot of the
Washington football team. Please invite all friends and family. We
hope to see you there.
Gathering at the 10 a.m., Tribal
Nations Plaza at TCF Stadium, 420 SE 23rd St., Minneapolis, MN. For
more information, call the National Coalition Against Racism in
Sports and Media at the American Indian Movement Interpretive Center
at 612-886-2107 or email
info@coalitionagainstracism.org.
Nov. 2
#NotYourMascot Rally
Join grassroots efforts to march
against the use of the culturally offensive Washington mascot and to
end the use of a racial slur by the Washington team. The Minnesota
Vikings and The Washington team will be playing at the U of M at
noon. Supported by: Protect Our Manoomin; Idle No More Twin-Cities,
Minnesota; AIM of Twin Cities & AIM Patrol of Minneapolis;
“United Urban Warrior Society”; Twin Cities Save the Kids;
IdleNoMore Wisconsin; OccupyMN; March Against Corruption; Institute
for Critical Animal Studies, North America; Minnesota Two Spirit
Society; #NotYourMascot
8:30 a.m., 1845 E. Franklin Ave.,
Minneapolis, MN. For more information, visit
www.facebook.com/events/706699092737997.
