Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations Exhibition
Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations is a traveling exhibition made in partnership with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. The exhibit explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in this place we now call Minnesota. Legacy funds will be used to support a new statewide tour, educational resources, and community engagement activities throughout Minnesota in 2018-2019 in partnership with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and 11 sovereign nations.
Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations is a traveling exhibition made in partnership with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. The exhibit explores relationships between Dakota and Ojibwe Indian Nations and the U.S. government in this place we now call Minnesota. Legacy funds support the exhibit, host sites, and community engagement activities throughout the state in partnership with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council and 11 sovereign nations. In 2020-2021, the exhibit traveled to Morris, Red Wing, Carleton, Preston, and Bagley, MN. In 2022, it is scheduled to travel to St. Cloud, Mahnomen, Cass Lake, and Nevis, MN.
Accompanying the exhibit, a series of third-grade level books was produced by, for, and about Dakota and Ojibwe leaders, healers, culture-keepers, and other notable figures. These books will help Dakota, Ojibwe, and other Native American children imagine their own potential and help them see their cultures represented alongside biographies of non-Native leaders in society.
No 2020-2021 biennium funds have been spent as of October 31, 2019.