Minneapolis City of Lakes - Meet artist Inkpa Mani
2022-05-05 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Water Works Park, 425 West River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Meet artist Inkpa Mani:
Thursday, May 5 (Rain date Thursday, May 12), 2022
5:30-7:30 pm
Water Works Park
425 West River Parkway, Minneapolis
Refreshments will be served.
Water Works Park includes a two-story pavilion (home to Owámni, an Indigenous restaurant), green space, native plants, fire pits, a playground, and trail connections.
For more information visit: www.facebook.com/MplsArtsCulture or contact Ann.Godfrey@MinneapolisMN.gov.

AIFC - Ombi'ayaa Anishinaabe-Ininiiwug (Rise Up Original Men) - Imnizaska Family Drum
2022-05-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-13 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center, 788 East 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Ombi’ayaa Anishinaabe-Ininiiwug (Rise Up Original Men) invites the men’s support and smudge group participants and their families interested in learning and sharing to share a meal and practice learning songs.
Location may vary, call (651) 560-9700 for the exact location.
Elders Lodge or Indigenous Roots – 788 E. 7th St. Saint Paul, MN
This drum group has been created to bring families together to learn and share the drum.
It is a beautiful and vital component of the American Indian/Native American/Indigenous culture.

[Virtual Event] NACC - Midwest Tribal ECHO: Trauma-Informed Approaches to HIV, HCV, and Substance Use Disorder Care with the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
2022-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 | MN
The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health will discuss practical and tangible approaches to creating a trauma-informed experience for clients and patients.
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[Virtual Event] AIFC: Khunsi Onikan - Well-Anon (Native American Al-Anon) Meeting
2022-05-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-29 19:00 - 20:00
Open to anyone wanting to learn to have healthy boundaries and healthy relationships with the other addicts/alcoholics in their lives.
Join us every Tuesday at 7 PM CST for help and hope.
Suppose you have a loved one dealing with addiction. In that case, our Khunsi Onikan Program sponsors these weekly Native American culturally-based, one-hour meetings to help you establish healthy boundaries and relationships.
Join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89255163167?pwd=[REDACTED]

AIFC - [Virtual Event] Men's Support & Smudge Group
2022-05-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-11 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-04 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
Join American Indian Family Center’s Father & Men’s Outreach Specialist, Rich Antell, every other Monday for a virtual men’s smudge and support group.

Don’t miss this chance to gather with other American Indian men to explore your identity, participate in your culture, and support each other.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3LuWlWK

Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) - Community Healing and Tree Planting
2022-05-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Four Sisters Farm, East 29th Street, Minneapolis, MN, United States
The Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) is hosting a community healing and engagement event at Four Sisters Farm, a new Indigenous-led urban farm and education space.

Monday, May 2, 10 a.m. – noon
Four Sisters Farm, East 29th Street between 17th and 18th Avenue South

Event activities

Participate in a blessing ceremony
Meet artist Graci Horne and share ideas for public art on the site
Meet the farm’s new agriculture coordinator
Help plant trees – demonstration and materials provided by Hennepin County

About Four Sisters Farm
Hennepin County and the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) are partnering to transform two vacant lots near the Midtown Greenway into Four Sisters Farm.
NACDI will operate the farm to provide access to fresh healthy foods and a learning environment for indigenous farming, medicine, and lifeways.

Learn more about the project.

Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors - American Indian Month Kickoff March
2022-05-02 10:00 | Little Earth of United Tribes Housing Corporation, 2501 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55404, United States

[Virtual Event] AIFC: Khunsi Onikan - Wellbriety/Medicine Wheel 12 Steps Meeting
2022-04-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-04-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-31 19:00 - 20:00
Open to anyone wanting to work on recovery from any addiction.
Every Thursday at 7 pm CST, AIFC’s Khunsi Onikan program will sponsor a culturally based recovery support Wellbriety/Medicine Wheel 12-step meeting for the community; anyone wanting to work on recovery from any addictions is welcome to attend.
No need to register in advance.
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Traditional American Indian Cedar Healing Ceremony
2022-04-22 17:00 - 21:00 | Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center, 788 East 7th Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
You are invited to a Traditional Cedar Healing Ceremony held in person on Friday, April 22nd
Location & Date: Indigenous Roots, 788 E. 7th Street, St. Paul, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Spiritual Leaders: Dr. Dennis Jones Pebaamibines (originally from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation. Pebaamibine is also the author of Daga Anishinaabemodaa presents basic lessons for learning Anishinaabemowin, the language of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) people., joining him are AIFCs Sharyl Whitehawk, & Rich Antell.
This Ceremony is intended to help those who have experienced trauma, stress, grief and loss, PTSD, and work fatigue.

This Cedar Healing Ceremony is open to the community, and families are welcome to attend in person.
Please bring a dish to share if you can, and it’s recommended that ladies wear skirts, and there will be skirts available if needed.
Link to Previous Ghost Feasting Talk & Cedar Healing Ceremony https://youtu.be/bauKAJzZjTM
More info about Cedar:
For thousands of years, the cedar tree has been revered for its spiritual significance. Its wood was used for the doors of sacred temples and burned in cleansing ceremonies for purification. In addition, Cedar has a long history of use in indigenous sweat lodge ceremonies, and the tree was thought to house important gods and be an entrance to higher spiritual realms.
Cedar is first and foremost a medicine of protection. When first moving in, it is often used to cleanse a home, inviting unwanted spirits to leave and protecting a person, place, or object from unwanted influences. In addition, Cedar is often used in the sweat lodge ceremony. A few pinches are thrown on the red-hot rocks, immediately sparking into a yellow glow and releasing their aroma. The smoke of burning Cedar attracts good spirits and eliminates negative energies.
The Cedar is also one of the four sacred plants of the indigenous American Medicine Wheel and represents the Southern direction. The other plants contained in the Medicine Wheel are White Sage representing the West, Sweetgrass representing the North, and Tobacco representing the East.

MPR News Radio Broadcast Camp: Priority Application Deadline
2022-04-15 | MN
Are you a storyteller? Do you like writing? Do you like listening to the radio?
Learn from media professionals how to tell stories about Minnesota’s Indigenous communities at Radio Broadcast Camp presented by MPR News and founding partner ThreeSixty Journalism, along with KRSM Radio, American Indian Family Center, and MIGIZI.
Your story could air on the radio!
Open to high school students presented in a hybrid format.
You can attend virtually or in person at the University of St. Thomas.
And, you’ll earn a stipend for attending camp!
SPOTS ARE LIMITED!
Priority application deadline Thursday, March 31, 2022.
Visit threesixty.stthomas.edu/apply to learn more, and apply. Please select “AIFC student” upon applying.
QUESTIONS? Contact Program Manager Dymanh Chhoun at dchhoun@stthomas.edu.

Virtual Event: Teachings of Sugarbush with Pebaamibines & Waapishki Kiisis Ikwe
2022-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | MN
Please join us and the Elders Advisory Council for our virtual March cultural teaching. We are excited and honored to have Pebaamibines and Waapishki Kiisis Ikwe lead a cultural teaching event on sugarbush! We thought this would be a timely activity to do to get our families and the community interested in participating in the sugarbush.
This event is free and open to all ages.
The Zoom link to attend this exciting event is as follows: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86595452942
