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About the Event:Ramona Kitto Stately will speak to Dakota women’s experience of the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 and will guide all who attend to a deeper understanding of the ongoing impact of forced removal on Dakota families and communities.
Ms. Stately will also discuss the Dakota Commemorative March, or Dakota Omani, a six-day spiritual journey honoring those who endured the forced march through prayer, remembrance, and storytelling.
About the Speaker:
Ramona Kitto Stately is an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux Dakota Nation. She has a BA in Dakota Art and Culture, and a Masters of Education with an emphasis on Teacher leadership from Augsburg University. After 15 years teaching Indian Education in Minnesota, she is now Project Director for the We Are Still Here Minnesota, creating action for narrative change. Ramona is the mother of two children, an accomplished beadwork artist with moccasins on display in the Science Museum of Minnesota, a part of the scholars' team with of the Minnesota Humanities Center’s for Learning from Place: Bdote (ba-DOTE-tay) and has served as the Chairperson of the Minnesota Indian Education Association since 2016. Ms. Stately is a 2021 recipient of the Ron McKinley Award from the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership and of a 2023 McKnight Culture Bearers Award.
Doors open at 5:45 PM. Admission is free and all are welcome! Light refreshments to follow. A collection will be taken for the Blue Hummingbird Woman giftshop, a Native-owned business that highlights and invests in Indigenous artists & creators and honors the art of Indigenous artists from all over Turtle Island.
This event will be livestreamed on YouTube for those who cannot attend in person. A link will be provided to persons who register.
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5011 31st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55417
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