Native Arts – Mia Guides

11.11.21 Combined Guide session, Native Arts and Culture

Here are the presentation slides:

2021 Training 11.11.21_Combined Guides_Native American Arts

Here is a link to the recording:

11.11.21 Mia Guide session

Here is the chat:

Guide session 11.11.21 chat

Here is the attendance feedback form:

Feedback for 11.11.21

Various resources were mentioned in the session:

Beyond Land Acknowledgement from the Native Governance Center

Native Art, Native Voices: A resource for K-12 Educators

Additional resources to learn more about the Indigenous communities within Minnesota:

Fort Snelling has worked to acknowledge the troubling history of the site in connection to the removal of the Dakota people:

Learn history of Bdote/Fort Snelling

As part of that effort, the Bdote memory map was created. “Enjoy this beginning resource for understanding more about the Dakota people’s relationship to Minnesota.:: Bdote Memory Map

From Metropolitan State University: 11 nations and flags of Minnesota Native Americans

Check out the exhibit that is at Hoċokata Ti (the Mdewakanton cultural center in Shakopee):

MDEWAKANTON: DWELLERS OF THE SPIRIT LAKE

For the next session on November 18 (virtual, at 1PM), here is the homework:

We are linking to three articles to read for the next session. We will discuss the first article in small groups:

10 Principles for Talking About Race in School

An Empathetic Museum is an Antiracist Museum

What is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack?

We would like to spend part of the session in reflection together, focused on the events in our own communities and lives which occurred with George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent racial reckoning and civil unrest in our community. This reflection time together is optional, and we will hold space for it in the second half of this session.

In advance, we’d ask you to consider the following reflection questions:

In what ways did the events impact you, personally? In what ways did the events impact those you know?
How did your thoughts shift on the presence of racism in our community?
In what ways might this racial reckoning impact how we (guides and staff) interact with visitors at Mia?

We envision small group discussions where we will ask one person in each group to act as a facilitator, to allow for all to share their thoughts. We will provide meeting agreements for this portion of the session.