Events

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Election Day Celebration – Make Voting a Tradition

Make Voting a Tradition will be hosting an election day event to hold space, celebrate civic engagement, and help voters! Come join us for s’mores, snacks, swag, a photo booth, and voter support such as polling place locators. Light refreshments will be served all day. This event will take place… Read More

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Niimiwin All My Relations Arts Exhibition

Niimiwin is a group exhibition curated by 2023-24 Emerging Curators Institute fellow Josie Hoffman. Inspired by dance and powwow, Niimiwin (Everyone’s Dance)… Read More

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Timberwolves Native American Heritage Month

Join us for Native American Heritage Night and watch the Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, November 8th through this special offer for Native American Community Development Institute. The evening will feature activations celebrating Native American Heritage including performances by the Prairie Island Indian Community. Proceeds… Read More

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Community Listening Session for the Four Sisters Medicine Garden

Four Sisters Medicine Garden Community Listening Session January 16th at 6pm at East Phillips Park (2399 17th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404)   We invite you to share your stories and reflect… Read More

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2025 Community Connections Conference

Minneapolis Convention Center (Hall E) 1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404

Mark your calendar! The 2025 Community Connections Conference will be on Saturday, Feb 8, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. NACDI will be tabling at this event. Join us for food, dance, resources, exciting topics and get involved in your city! We invite you to: – Speak: Weigh in on important… Read More

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MMIR 2025: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives March

Minneapolis American Indian Center, 1530 E Franklin Ave Minneapolis, MN

March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Boys, LGBQI+, Two Spirit and Transgender Relatives. No registration needed. This event is FREE and open to the public. Please WEAR RED! Bring Banners, Posters, Staffs, Drums, Rattles EVERYONE IS WELCOME! ASL Interpreter will be on site. Sponsored by the Minnesota Indian… Read More

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Smart Wars by Rory Wakemup

Smart Wars is a flip-the-script, satirical exhibition featuring works that assert Native identity, resilience, resistance, and coexistence with our planet from multimedia artist Rory Wakemup. A continuation of his series, Divest or… Read More

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Book Reading and Anthology Launch

Join All My Relations Arts as we celebrate the anticipation of a new publication by Native Authors Program mentor, Art Coulson, and the launch of an anthology series by our previous cohort members. Books from Coulson will be available for purchase. Attendees will also be able to receive a… Read More

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Four Sisters Medicine Garden 3rd Listening Session

Division of Indian Work, Dakota Lodge, 1001 E Lake S. Minneapolis, MN 55407

Have thoughts about what medicines we should be growing? Join us for the third in our series of listening sessions around the Four Sisters Medicine Garden. During the first two sessions we heard from community members about what healing and medicine mean to them, the experiences they have had in… Read More

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Civic Engagement and Intersectional Feminist Action Panel

Make Voting a Tradition Manager Jolene Jones will be speaking on a panel on Civic Engagement and Intersectional Feminist Action on Thursday, April 3rd from 12:00 – 1:30. She will be joined by fellow panelists: – Dr. Habon Abdulle (Executive Director, Ayada Leads) – Arianna Genis (Founder, The… Read More