Ahead on Indigenous Peoples Day a wonderful news was released that made us so very happy!

Minnesota Lieutenant Governor and a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Peggy Flanagan has played an instrumental role in the campaign for more accurate Indigenous history in Minnesota schools. The the $1.3 million investment will go towards teaching…

[..] kindergartens about Indigenous communities’ relationships to land and water; sixth-graders will study how the Anishinaabe and Dakota practice tribal rights today; and high school students will learn Indigenous perspectives on settlers’ westward expansion alongside the theory of “manifest destiny.” In addition to learning Indigenous perspectives on history, students will study contemporary Indigenous communities.

- by BECKY Z. DERNBACH for Sahan Journal