BEMIDJI PIONEER — A group of educators from around the state recently set out to learn about Native American culture and history from those who have lived it.
The Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators was held in late June in Red Lake Nation. The event is part of a program through St. Cloud State University that rotates around the numerous Native nations within the state each year. Part of the goal of the program is to help educators be able to teach their own students more effectively about the Native nations.
“The cultural and historical information shared will be so helpful to providing a supportive environment for our indigenous students at BSU,” Erika Bailey-Johnson, the sustainability coordinator at BSU, said in a statement from the university. “It’s a tangible way for an institution situated on treaty land, between the three largest reservations in the area, to intentionally recognize the educational needs of not only our current students, but to make steps toward creating a more inclusive space for future students.
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