guest blog posts – Patti Kameya

To Call Yourself Home as a Hmong American on Dakota Land

This week I am featuring a guest blog post by writer Chee Vang to broaden conversations on Minnesota history and identity. Chee reflects on indigeneity and decolonization as a US-born Hmong American on Dakota land. This blog post is a shortened version of a longer essay. America. This place meant a new life after the… Continue reading To Call Yourself Home as a Hmong American on Dakota Land

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… Continue reading Islands, Prairies, and “The West”

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… Continue reading Beginning, Again

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