Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community wraps up campaign to change Minnesota schools perspectives on Native Americans startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Minnesota teachers now have access to more training and resources about Native American history and culture than ever before. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is wrapping up a $5 million philanthropic campaign that's funded grants, research, curriculum and workshops for teachers across the state — part of a national movement to boost education of Indigenous history and culture. The .
New campaign encourages schools to teach about Minnesota tribes as current events, not just history startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Teresa Peterson and Walter "Super" LaBatte of the Upper Sioux Community offer a treasure of Dakota stories passed down from the generations, as well as their own, in their book, "Voices From Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers."