Biidaapi: s/he comes laughing. (Ojibwemowin) Greetings! Today we’re happy to speak with Vanessa Goodthunder (Lower Sioux) who is the Director of Cansayapi Wakanyeza Owayawa Oti (Early …
Archives for June 2020
Jingle Dress Ceremony For Healing and Solidarity Amid Protests and Pandemic
Native community members in Minneapolis came together to offer a healing ceremony one week after George Floyd’s death on the corner of 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis. The jingle dress ceremony has …
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Biidaapi with Maggie Thompson
Biidaapi: s/he comes laughing. (Ojibwemowin) Boozhoo! Today we meet Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) the owner/designer/artist at Makwa Studio, a small knitwear business. When the pandemic …
Health Officials Concerned That Protests are an Obstacle to Their Efforts to contain the Spread of COVID-19
Health Officials are concerned that the protests and the police response to them are an obstacle to their efforts to track and contain the spread of COVID-19. While health officials say it’s …