Exploring History and Culture in Central Minnesota: American Indian People, History & Culture

Native American Boarding Schools discussed at second program of Exploring History and Culture in Central Minnesota 2025 event series on February 8th

Join us on Saturday, February 8^th, for the second program in this year’s “Exploring History and Culture in Central Minnesota” February event series featuring Native American history and culture. Native American Boarding School Impacts and Legacies will be presented by Ted Gordon, Joe Farry Professor of Public Policy and Civic Engagement; Macy Ellis, undergraduate research assistant; and Meg Nelson, President of Indigenous Students Association at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. The series, which is in its sixth year, engages with the history of communities that have been and continue to be part of central Minnesota. A partnership project of the Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne County historical societies, the three central Minnesota history museums are collaborating for the 2025 series with the American Indian Center at St. Cloud State University, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, and Sherburne County Parks.

The three-part series includes Sherburne County Park Director, Gina Hugo, presenting Cultural Competence Through Park Land Development-Two Inlets at Bdé Heḣáka-Omashkooz Zaaga’igaans Regional Park at the Sherburne History Center in Becker on February 1^st and a program from the American Indian Center at St. Cloud State University on Saturday, February 15^th, at the Benton County Historical Society in Sauk Rapids. All programs start at 10:30 am and are free and open to the public.