The University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) today announced it has been awarded a $1,155,000 grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) to develop and offer an Indigenous Education for All online course free to the public.
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Progress Marks Conclusion of ‘Understand Native Minnesota’ Campaign
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s $5 million dollar campaign to indigenize K12 curriculum has ended with some major accomplishments. Three Native educators explain their contributions.
Tribal campaign boosts understanding of Native American history, culture in Minnesota schools
The Understand Native Minnesota campaign by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has funded grants, research, new curriculum and training for teachers.
Letter: Changing the Native American narrative in Minnesota schools
Rebecca Crooks-Stratton writes about efforts to support Native American narrative change in Minnesota’s schools.
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community awards grant for teaching Native American content
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community also released two publications to help create and support Native American content in education.
K-12 educators can apply for mini-grants to support teaching Indigenous history and culture
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s Understand Native Minnesota campaign announced that a new grant program will begin accepting applications Monday. The grant program is aimed at helping K-12 educators who are pursuing training or classroom projects to “share accurate narratives and build understanding of the contributions and experiences” of the…
Grant program seeks to strengthen classroom lessons on Minnesota’s Native American history
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is funding awards of up to $2,000, to be administered by the Minneapolis Foundation.
Author Teresa Peterson and SMSC’s Rebecca Crooks-Stratton on big book donation.
Author Teresa Peterson joins us in studio to talk about her new book “Voices From Pejuhutazizi”. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, through its Understand Native Minnesota campaign, is donating 20,000 copies of the book free of charge to teachers and schools who request classroom sets.
Author Teresa Peterson discusses book “Voices from Pejuhutazizi”
The book is a compilation of stories told by Peterson’s great grandfather and uncle.