The book is a compilation of stories told by Peterson’s great grandfather and uncle.
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Minnesota Native reading project teaches ‘present tense’ of Indigenous lives
A book that tells the stories of the Upper Sioux Community may help students across the state learn more about Indigenous communities in Minnesota. Another tribal nation, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, is providing the books for free.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a look at a new bill that aims to improve Native education in U.S. public schools.
New campaign encourages schools to teach about Minnesota tribes as current events, not just history
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community offered 10,000 free copies of the book to Minnesota teachers this month, part of the tribe’s multimillion-dollar Understand Native Minnesota campaign to change the classroom narrative about their past and present.
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community hosts academy to improve Native American history in schools
Over 200 educators across the state convened at the first-ever Educator Academy hosted by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community on Tuesday, April 18, at Mystic Lake Center in Prior Lake.
The Lowry Nature Center will add interpretive signs to a nature trail to highlight Dakota history and cultural connections to the outdoors.
$80,000 grant will support programming at Lowry Nature Center in Victoria, Minnesota Prior Lake, Minn. — The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), through its Understand Native Minnesota campaign, today announced it is providing an $80,000 grant to the Three Rivers Park District to develop new Native American education programming at…
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community sponsors book giveaway during Native American Heritage Month
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community honored the start of Native American Heritage Month this November by sponsoring a statewide book giveaway.
New book teaches young adults about the coexistence of Indigenous and Western knowledge
This week, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is sponsoring a series of events for Gray Smith. Students and teachers will get to hear from the author and receive free copies of the book, gifted by the SMSC.
Tribe gifting 2,000 copies of brand-new book “Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults” at events, online Prior Lake, Minn. — In honor of the beginning of Native American Heritage Month, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), through its Understand Native Minnesota campaign, is sponsoring a large-scale book giveaway of “Braiding Sweetgrass…