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SUMMARY:Weaving Community: Panel Talk
DESCRIPTION:Join All My Relations Arts for a panel discussion highlighti
 ng the work of Audrey Thayer and Colette A. Hyman in their latest releas
 e\, Weaving Community: Indigenous Women and Leadership in the Twin Citie
 s.\n\nThe authors will be joined in discussion by interviewees from the 
 book\, Juanita Espinosa\, Sharon Day\, and Antony Stately\, whose compel
 ling stories are shared within the book.\n\n2:30-4pm. Free and open to t
 he public. Copies of the book will be available during the event. Snacks
  and refreshment will be provided. All are welcome.\n\nThis event is pre
 sented in part with the Minnesota Historical Society.\n\n\nAbout the boo
 k:\nWeaving Community is a compelling history of the often overlooked wo
 rk of contemporary Native American women who took action to strengthen t
 he bonds within and among their urban communities.\nFrom the 1960s throu
 gh the 1990s in Minneapolis and St. Paul\, Native women activists helped
  build institutions that sustain urban Indigenous communities to this da
 y. Weaving Community pays tribute to figures such as Vernell Wabasha\, W
 inifred Jourdain\, Bonnie Wallace\, and Laura Waterman Wittstock\, leade
 rs in addressing the needs of Native people living in the metropolitan a
 rea. Thanks to their combined efforts\, the Twin Cities gave rise to not
 eworthy organizations including the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis\,
  the first off-reservation health care center for Indigenous people\; MI
 GIZI\, a nonprofit that supports the educational\, economic\, and cultur
 al needs of Indigenous youth\; and Project STAIRS\, which addressed the 
 mistreatment of Native students in public schools and laid the foundatio
 n for the University of Minnesota’s American Indian Studies program.\n
 Drawing on oral histories and individual interviews\, Audrey Thayer and 
 Colette Hyman share powerful testimonies of urban Native community build
 ing. The two dozen Dakota\, Anishinaabe\, and Ho-Chunk women who tell th
 eir stories in Weaving Community display the cultural values of strong f
 emale leadership as well as the vital importance of preserving tradition
 s\, ceremonies\, and languages. At a crucial moment in history\, these w
 omen persevered so that Indigenous people in the Twin Cities could lead 
 lives of dignity and cultural integrity.\nAbout the authors:\nAudrey Tha
 yer is an academic instructor at Leech Lake Tribal College. She lives in
  Bemidji\, Minnesota. Colette A. Hyman is professor emerita at Winona St
 ate University\, where she taught history and women’s studies. She liv
 es in Winona\, Minnesota.\n&nbsp\;
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