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Japanese on Dakota land.

Let us create a space where we may all grow old.

Islands, Prairies, and “The West”

This week I am featuring a guest blog post by writer Halee Kirkwood to foster reflection on the act of writing while on Dakota land. A descendant of both Swedish immigrants and Fond du Lac Ojibwe, Halee walks readers through their practice of writing on place. Issues of migration and belonging are one of my…

June 1, 2023

Beginning, Again

This week I am featuring a guest blog post by writer Claudette M. Webster to broaden conversations on Minnesota history and identity. A proud immigrant and longtime New Yorker, Claudette shares her story of community building in Minnesota. I moved to the Twin Cities, flyover country, in March 2018. I came because I was at…

May 22, 2023May 23, 2023

What’s the Point of Native Acknowledgments by White People?

This month I am featuring a guest blog post by writer Debra J. Stone to broaden conversations on Minnesota history and identity. A lifelong Minnesotan, Debra offers her insights into memory, community trauma, and the place of reparations. Before there was a Rondo Avenue, before the Métis voyageurs, before German, Swedes, Irish, and Black people…

November 6, 2022June 1, 2023

Culture and Voice on Dakota land.

April 12, 1933. Madison-born Nobu Kitagawa held a senior piano recital for the prestigious MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis. Her ruffled evening gown draped elegantly to the floor as she drew out a Beethoven moonlit fantasy. Later as she played Mendelssohn’s “On the Wings of Song,” her audience might have imagined themselves flying over…

October 10, 2022

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Patti Kameya is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.