A excerpt from a letter from @winonaladuke and @winonashemp is below! Link in our bio and stories to read more!
Friends,
Anishinaabe prophecies foresee a time of return to our Mother Earth—a time when we grow our own foods and restore our balanced relationship with all. At Winona’s Hemp and Heritage Farm and the Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute, in proud partnership with the Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund, we are coming closer to realizing this time of transformation. We have two terrific apprentices—Nuur and Maitri—and we write today to ask you to help continue their momentum with donations to secure $8000 to cover their wages, housing, food, and transportation.
You are Invited
🔥 TIME CHANGE 2PM to 5PM
From August 15th to August 18th, the Shell River Alliance is hosting a Shell River Gathering at the Shell City campgrounds and also hosting a Water Protector reception at the Giiwedinong Museum on August 16th.
The Shell River Gathering will showcase a diverse range of activities, including story telling, ceremonies, music, canoeing, horseback riding, and discussions centered around the preservation of water and land. The Water Protector reception will offer a chance for attendees to meet and connect with individuals who share their passion for protecting the water.
** Activities Line Up
From August 15th to August 18th, the Water Protector Opening begins at the Shell City Campgrounds.
Details: The campgrounds are secured for guests to come and camp. The Shell River Alliance is in charge of providing food.
On August 16th, the Water Protector reception will take place outside at the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, MN. The event will run from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Details: Water Protectors will be able to tour the Water Protector exhibit for free during the gathering, as well as attend a special event and a reception with food honoring Water Protectors at Giiwedinong.
Please use this link to RSVP /events/shellriver-072024
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Please contact the Shell River Alliance with any questions or details about this gathering at [email protected]
The location is at the Shell City Campgrounds, located off 390th Street, Menahga, MN 56464.
You’re Looking at the First Draft of the Constitution
When the Founding Fathers of the United States began the work of creating a new country, they sought to be free from tyranny, monarchy, and oppression. To do so, they looked to the teachings of Native people.
On September 16, 1987, The Senate recognized the influence of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy on the construction of the Constitution in a resolution:
“The original framers of the Constitution, including most notably, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, are known to have greatly admired the concepts, principles and governmental practices of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. Whereas the confederation of the original Thirteen Colonies into one republic was explicitly modeled upon the Iroquois Confederacy, as were many of the democratic principles which were incorporated into the Constitution itself (3-4).”
This land has long been governed through democratic principles, even before the official establishment of the United States. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy—including the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, Onondaga, and later the Tuscarora—established Gayanesshagowa, the Great Law of Peace, as its governing principle in 1142. The Law of Peace includes its Chiefs, Clan Mothers (judges), and Faith Keepers, the delegates that form the regulatory bodies of the confederacy. Indigenous governance consists of a Grand Council, which meets with the Chiefs of each nation, and is then divided into sections of Elder Brothers and Younger Brothers. Women also play a large part in governing.
We are all Treaty People. Click here to read more: /treatystories/first-draft-of-the-constitution
The Water Protector Movement is Forever.
Come and join us! @giiwedinongmuseum is proud to announce a May 17th installation of a replica of "Not Afraid to Look" sculpture on the museum's corner in Park Rapids, 101 2nd Street W., and Highway 71.
Join us on May 18th for the opening ceremony with artist Charles Rencountre and our team to celebrate this art installation, which symbolizes our collective efforts to protect the water.
We are ecstatic and incredibly proud of this!
Make sure you RSVP, and better yet, consider sponsoring "Not Afraid to Look."
👉 /events/may18-notafraidtolook
#MniWiconi #WaterProtectors
#StillNoDAPL ✊
Wow .. amazing northwoods crafted soup by Anishinaabekwe, Waseyabin.
Enjoy these soups every weekend with local foods like our Manoomin (wild rice), made with love 💗 with some local roasted coffees every Saturday at Winona’s Hemp Market Store in Snellman until December 23rd.
Our Market Store offers amazing indigenous artisan gifts, water protector collective gear and local foods (including wild rice) plus CBD products.
There’s something for someone in our Market Store.
Hours are 10:30-3:00PM every Saturday, again, until December 23rd … the market store will reopen Mother’s Day weekend after the winter.
Address: 47075 MN 34, Osage MN
Shop online: or
Getting ready for a beautiful day creating history at our Grand Opening event happening today at 4PM.
The painted panels by Brian Dow were just installed by Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute team.
Join us! See you soon!
101 2nd Street W.,
Park Rapids MN
Anishinaabe artist, Brian Dow, Red Lake Nation, showing us his masterpiece progress of a great Anishinaabe migratory visual piece.
Labor of love volunteer kiddo helping with removing remodeling garbage from Giiwedinong 😎 great work kiddo! Miigwech
AAAAAAAMAZING! #giiwedinong #anishinaabe
Buying green Manoomin at Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute's Round Lake Farm for $6/lbs. 9-5pm, Monday-Friday, 32033 E Round Lake Road, Ponsford, MN 56575.
Don't miss Winona LaDuke's annual birthday bash @ Tom's Burned Down Cafe on Madeline Island Friday August 17 -18th * Featuring a concert with David Huckfelt & special guests with all proceeds going to Winona's New Green Revolution - come celebrate the revolution with us!
Giiwedinong Treaty Rights & Culture Museum is happening in the ♥️ of the 1855 Treaty Territory of the Anishinaabeg being the first of its kind in the north, Park Rapids MN - Join us and become a member or subscribe for updates and grand opening event.
/ #giiwedinong #anishinaabe #treatyrights #ojibwe #museum #parkrapids
New launch of Winona LaDuke’s 25th Anniversary Edition of Last Standing Woman.
It is, “hopeful, irreverent, and deeply moving, Winona LaDuke’s, “Last Standing Woman,” chronicles the stories and struggles of an Anishinaabe community across seven generations.
In this highly anticipated 25th anniversary edition of the debut novel, Winona LaDuke weaves a nonlinear narrative of struggle and triumph. Resistance and resilience, spanning seven generations from the 1800s to the early 2000s.
Purchase your copy today !
/books/laststandingwoman-2023
#winonaladuke #laststandingwoman #anishinaabe
