Qhov project Success thiab Minneapolis Public Schools uas peb ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws yawg koob ntawm cov neeg Dakota. Peb lees paub thiab ua kev zoo siab rau Dakota, nrog rau cov neeg Anishinaabe, thiab ntau lwm haiv neeg uas tau nyob thiab tseem nyob hauv Mni Sota Makoce (Minnesota) tau ntau tiam neeg. Txoj Haujlwm Kev Ua tiav tau ua tiav nrog kev ris txiaj rau thaj av uas peb nyob thiab lees paub qhov tseem ceeb ntawm keeb kwm cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev cog lus tawg, yuam kev tsiv teb tsaws chaw thiab txoj cai tswjfwm thiab kev coj ua. Peb kuj lees paub tias cov neeg Dakota muaj keeb kwm raug txwv tsis pub nkag mus rau lawv lub tebchaws, kev coj noj coj ua, kev ua koob tsheej, thiab qhov chaw dawb huv. 

Peb tau cog lus los txheeb xyuas cov kev coj ua hauv paus hauv kev ua nom ua tswv uas tseem muaj kev phom sij rau peb cov zej zog Native niaj hnub no. Thiab peb siv zog los muab kev pab, kev txhawb nqa thiab cov kev pab cuam uas muab kev nkag mus rau peb cov tub ntxhais kawm Native scholars. Qhov project Success ua kev zoo siab rau cov thawj coj hauv paus txawm nyob rau hauv peb cov tsev kawm ntawv, zej zog thiab nyob rau hauv peb lub zos thiab lub xeev tsoom fwv. Peb siv zog los tsim kev sib koom tes nrog peb cov zej zog Native thiab yuav mloog, kawm thiab ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua los coj kev coj noj coj ua rau peb cov tub ntxhais kawm kom lawv thiaj li muaj cov cuab yeej thiab kev ntseeg siab uas yuav coj lawv mus rau hauv lawv lub neej.  

Map of Minneapolis and St. Paul with Dakota language names of different places throughout the cities.
Dakhóta Thamákhočhe (Dakota av maps) Los ntawm: Marlena Myles

Kev Kawm Ntxiv

  • Native Land Map - Cov peev txheej muaj zog hauv zej zog uas pab txheeb xyuas thaj av Native koj nyob
  • Makoce Dab Neeg -Makoce Dab Neeg yuav coj koj mus ncig lub nroog Twin Cities qhov chaw thiab muab rau koj ib tug Neeg Qhab Asmeskas kev xav ntawm thaj av uas yog ua ntej colonization. Hover dhau tej qhov chaw ntawm lawv daim ntawv qhia thiab mloog cov ntaub ntawv uas qhia txog keeb kwm thiab kev coj noj coj ua tseem ceeb ntawm qhov chaw hwm.
  • Tag nrho Kuv Kev Sib Raug Zoo Podcast - Lub podcast nyob ib ncig ntawm kev txhawb nqa kev sib tham hauv paus txawm hais txog cov ntsiab lus nyob hauv kev sib raug zoo, zej zog, thiab kab lis kev cai

Twin Cities Indigenous Resources & Organizations

  • Division of Indian Work (DIW) – Organization working to support and strengthen urban American Indian people through culturally-based education, traditional healing approaches, and leadership development.
  • Dream of Wild Health – Dream of Wild Health teaches Native American youth about gardening, cooking, and culture while developing job and leadership skills throughout youth programs. They also grow Indigenous foods including corn, beans and squash from a collection of rare seeds from a Potawatomi elder. They partner with dozens of urban and tribal organizations on programs that work to restore the mental, physical, and emotional health of the Native American community.
  • MPS Indian Kev Kawm - Minneapolis Public School District department uas nws lub hom phiaj yog los txhawb thiab txhawb kev kawm tau zoo rau cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv Asmesliskas Indian los ntawm kev txhawb nqa kev coj noj coj ua, kev koom tes ntawm tsev neeg thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab koom tes nrog MPS lub tuam tsev, tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov zej zog dav.
  • MIGIZI - MIGIZI muab lub voj voog muaj zog ntawm kev txhawb nqa uas txhawb nqa kev kawm, kev sib raug zoo, kev lag luam thiab kev coj noj coj ua ntawm American Indian cov tub ntxhais hluas.
  • Minneapolis Asmeskas Indian Center - Ib lub chaw hauv zej zog nyob hauv plawv ntawm American Indian zej zog ntawm Minneapolis. Nws yog ib lub chaw Indian qub tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws, tau tsim muaj xyoo 1975. MAIC muab kev pabcuam kev kawm thiab kev sib raug zoo rau ntau tshaj 10,000 tus tswvcuab hauv zej zog txhua xyoo. Lawv khaws thiab txhawb Asmeskas cov kab lis kev cai Indian los ntawm kev kos duab, cov tub ntxhais hluas thiab cov kev pab cuam cuam tshuam.
  • Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center - Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center (MIWRC) yog ib lub koom haum pabcuam kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev puas siab puas ntsws uas tsis muaj txiaj ntsig tau cog lus rau kev coj noj coj ua thiab kev txhawb nqa ntawm Cov Poj Niam thiab lawv tsev neeg.
  • The Sioux Chef - Kev cog lus rau kev txhawb nqa Native American Cuisine thiab hauv cov txheej txheem rov txheeb xyuas North American Cuisine thiab reclaiming ib qho tseem ceeb ua noj ua haus kab lis kev cai ntev faus thiab feem ntau siv tsis tau.
  • Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi– Native-led East Side environmental stewardship nonprofit engaging people to honor and care for our natural places and the sacred sites and cultural value within them.