Sharon Day, Ojibwe, is executive director of the Indigenous People’s Task Force. Sharon is 2nd degree Midewin and follows the spiritual path of the Anishinaabe people;part of her spiritual practice is to care for water. In 2003 Sharon Day, Josephine Madamin and other Anishinaabe women began Mother Earth Water Walks to bring awareness about wat...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Day, Sharon
Created:
2015-07-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Phoebe Davis discusses her personal life and her experiences during the time of COVID-19. She shares that she had COVID-19 and mentions that she lost close to sixty pounds because of the illness. She details what this experience was like for her, including the “double quarantine” in her household. She mentions various native medicines that she u...
Creator:
Davis, Phoebe
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster was created as part of COVID-19 response and outreach programming for the American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) in Duluth, Minnesota. The artists were contracted by AICHO and the Minnesota Department of Health to design artwork for public health posters around COVID-19 safety protocols. This poster shows photographs ...
Creator:
Vainio, Ivy; Villiard, Moira
Contributor:
Yellowbird, Leah
Created:
2020-05-18
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
More than the Mississippi: the river as 'here'. Keynote address to a symposium entitled The Once and Future River: Imagining the Mississippi in an Era of Climate Change. The Mississippi is a river burdened by its history. The shadows cast by the writings of Mark Twain and celebratory accounts of westward movement obscure many of the narratives a...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Day, Sharon; Rock, Jim; Smith, Mona; Messenger,
Created:
2015-04-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Sarah Curtiss shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She begins the interview by introducing herself in Ojibwe. Sarah is the co-executive director of the non-profit Men As Peacemakers and describes what the organization is, the many ways they serve the community, and how COVID-19 has impacted much of what they do...
Creator:
Curtiss, Sarah
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-08-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Lyz Jaakola shares stories about her life as a musician, parent and educator during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. She describes how her family’s band, The Indian Head Band, needed to adapt and change from playing life events to sharing their music via Facebook during this time. She describes how they were all used to ...
Creator:
Jaakola, Lyz
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Na Choih is a Korean non-binary activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they worked as the Youth Leadership Mentor for Climate Generation, a Twin Cities-based environmental justice organization. In this oral history interview, Choih discusses their upbringing and initial forays into trans politics, environmental ...
