This Sacred Site Tour was funded in part by Age-Friendly Minnesota.
Healing Minnesota Stories is an effort to create understanding and healing between Native American and non-Native people, particularly those in various faith communities. Native people have suffered deep trauma over many years, losing their land, language, and culture, and all who call Minnesota home are the lesser for it. While many people and institutions contributed to that trauma, it happened with the full participation of Christian churches. We all still need healing, healing is doable, and churches have a role to play in healing.
Join MGS for the Sacred Sites Tour. Tours are led by Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs (Mohican) and Kelly Sherman Conroy (Oglala Lakota). The tours offer an opportunity to learn about Minnesota history from a Native perspective through story-telling and experiencing the sites in silence / meditation / reflection.
We visit sites located around confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, what the Dakota refer to as Bdote, or “meeting place of rivers,” including:
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Fort Snelling State Park
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Dakota Internment Camp following the The Dakota-U.S. War
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Pilot Knob Hill, a traditional burial ground
We suggest you bring a lawn chair, umbrella and something to drink (drinks not included with box lunch)
For more information, please visit: http://www.mnchurches.org/what-we-do/healing-minnesota-stories
MGS DEI Experiential Learning Opportunity-Scared Sites Tour, Healing Minnesota Stories
- Attendees: Capacity for up to 50 individuals to attend
- Box lunches for attendees
This diversity, equity, and inclusion experiential learning opportunity is an extension of MGS’s commitment to DEI beyond our current monthly webinar programming, annual conference programming, etc. This will be a great opportunity to educate ourselves as we continue to champion DEI as a priority for our organization!
