The NCHS's collection of vintage clothing was re-packaged, re-labeled and re-cataloged using proper storage methods. The 232 textiles are now more accessible.
To offer new arts and cultural heritage programming at the St. Louis County Fair. Programming will include performances by Irish Dancers, a Native American pow-wow, children's theater, vaudeville, and music featuring a barbershop quartet, gospel, and Americana songs.
To document in 18 oral history interviews the history of the migration of the Minneapolis Jewish community from the city's North Side to St. Louis Park, 1945-1975.
To rehabilitate the interior and exterior of the St. Louis County Jail, a contributing element of the Duluth Civic Center Historic District and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
To mark our 30th anniversary, Teatro del Pueblo will produce a new LatinX adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, titled Love in the Time of Hate. This show will celebrate Chicano identity and tackle contemporary issues of race and diversity in the LatinX community. Set at the southern border, we will present Shakespeare's timeless play through a uniquely LatinX perspective by blending Shakespearian verse with contemporary Chicano spoken word, Hip Hop Dance, and original music.
The goal of the Dakota History Symposium at Lower Sioux Agency is to reclaim Dakota voice in a narrative that under-represents Dakota perspective and cultural worldview while providing opportunity for exiled Dakota to reconnect to their shared history, disrupting dominant power dynamics that restrict Dakota truth-telling. Hosting a Dakota-led educational event will enhance public understanding, broaden worldviews perspective and increase access to historic truths of the State of Minnesota.
The goal of the Cansayapi Dakota Iapi (Language) Program is to establish a permanent Dakota language program at Lower Sioux that promotes continuous language learning and speaking opportunities across the generations and community.
Objective 1: Increase Dakota language immersion capacity of at least 30 early childhood educators and staff. Objective 2: Introduce and expand Dakota language learning among up to 26 students in grades 9-12 at Cedar Mountain Secondary School. Objective 3: Promote 15 K-8 youth, family, and community engagement in the language through classes, apprenticeships, and community events at the new Lower Sioux Intergenerational Incubator.
Objective 1: By 06/30/2024, increase Dakota language immersion capacity of at least 30 early childhood educators and staff. Objective 2: By 06/30/2024, introduce and expand Dakota languages learning among up to 26 students in grades 9-12 at Cedar Mountain Secondary School Objective 3: by 06/30/2024, promote 150 K-8 youth, family and community engagement in the language through classes, apprenticeships, and community events at the new Lower Sioux Intergenerational Incubator.
Objective 1: By September 30, 2025, increase full time teachers with at least intermediate-mid fluency from 2 to 3 at Lower Sioux/Cansayapi. Objective 2: By September 30, 2025, increase Dakota fluency of two (2) early childhood language nest teachers' Dakota language fluency to at least intermediate low as measured by the ACTFL fluency scale. Objective 3:By September 30, 2025, increase language speaking at home from weekly to daily among 50 families and increase fluency of 20 families by .5-1 level on the ACTFL fluency scale.
Objective 1: By 06/30/2024, increase Dakota language immersion capacity of at least 30 early childhood educators and staff. Objective 2: By 06/30/2024, introduce and expand Dakota languages learning among up to 26 students in grades 9-12 at Cedar Mountain Secondary School Objective 3: by 06/30/2024, promote 150 K-8 youth, family and community engagement in the language through classes, apprenticeships, and community events at the new Lower Sioux Intergenerational Incubator.
Objective 1: By July 14 2020, increase Dakota language speaking among 20 preschool students age, 3-5 years. Objective 2: Extend Dakota language speaking supports and success through family language training, reaching at least 10 families, or 50% of student families by July 14,2020. Objective 3: By July 14 2020, continue to develop Dakota language resources and materials for learners of all ages, including at least 4 new Dakota language books and 10 short Dakota language videos.
Objective 1: By July 14 2020, increase Dakota language speaking among 20 preschool students age, 3-5 years. Objective 2: Extend Dakota language speaking supports and success through family language training, reaching at least 10 families, or 50% of student families by July 14, 2020. Objective 3: By July 14, 2020, continue to develop Dakota language resources and materials for learners of all ages, including at least 4 new Dakota language books and 10 short Dakota language videos.
Objective 1: By July 14, 2020, increase Dakota language speaking among 60 children ages. Objective 2: Introduce and expand Dakota language learning among 45 secondary students by July 2020. Objective 3: By July 14, 2021, promote family and community engagement in the language, reaching at least 100 adults through classes and social media.
Objective 1: By July 14, 2020, increase Dakota language speaking among 60 children ages birth to 5 years. Objective 2: Introduce an expand Dakota language learning among 45 secondary students by July 2020. Objective 3: By July 14, 2021, promote family and community engagement in the language, reaching at least 100 adults through classes and social media.
With a new grant from MIAC, CWOO will focus on expanding Dakota language teaching capacities for Lower Sioux. In the 2020 Lower Sioux Annual Community Survey, the Community reported that 27% of the membership are learning Dakota, up from 20% in 2019 but not yet at our target of 33% by 2022. Respondents (representing half of the enrolled adult members of the tribe) revealed that only 13% of members speak Dakota daily. This is not adequate to revitalize our mother tongue. To achieve more consistent speaking of Dakota, Lower Sioux must expand its efforts.
The purpose of Cansayapi's 2022/2023 Immersion grant request is to leverage and strengthen the new foundation for Dakota language learning and speaking we've built, thanks in part to continuous MIAC support over the past five years. Previous MIAC grants have helped us with hiring the first Dakota language teacher in our community and adding Dakota language classes into the two nearby high schools and supporting staffing and activities within basic operations in our new immersion school, CWOO.
Reestablish the Lower Sioux Cultural Resource dedicated solely towards tribal youthby hiring workforce to manage and oversee programming. Increase cultural, language and beliefs into all youth programs - develop and format cultural based youth programming. Strengthen and open dialogue between the youth and elder populations to pass on language and cultural knowlege; build partnership with Lower Sioux Senior Services. Utilize technology to aid in education and awareness; create technological resources geared specifically toward youth language learning.
This project will create enhanced and expanded capacity for Cultural Heritage expertise within the Cansayapi Cultural Department. This project will help to enhance the collection and protection of cultural artifacts and help to hire an archaeology firm to identify key areas for survey and investigation within the ancestral territories of the Mdewakanton Dakota (MN). The project includes hosting a series of tribal community events targeted for retired elders (knowledge keepers), college students (qualified skilled personnel) and other interested candidates.
This project will create a series of Hmong language booklets, photographically illustrated, comprehensively exploring the refugee experience, with narratives written by elementary school language students, based on their interviews with family elders and impressions of the photos, and edited by their teachers and dual language coaches.
To hire a qualified historian to complete an evaluation to determine eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places for Luther Memorial Church.
To acquire professional services that will comprehensively evaluate Luverne's commercial district for possible inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places
