Nationally recognized exhibit delves into past, current effects of treaties between tribal nations and the US Government
Posted on 26 June, 2024“Why Treaties Matter” is a collaborative exhibit currently on loan to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB). It is on view at MPRB’s headquarters building through Friday, July 19 (details below).
The exhibit focuses on how Dakota and Ojibwe treaties with the U.S. government affected the lands and lifeways of the Indigenous peoples of the place now called Minnesota – and why these binding agreements between nations still matter today.
Organized by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, “Why Treaties Matter” is among the learning opportunities offered as part of MPRB’s work to integrate truth, acknowledgement, and conciliation of Indigenous land, people, and nations into its work, policies, procedures and spaces. For more on this work at MPRB, click here.
Details
- On view Mary Merrill Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Headquarters,
2117 West River Road North (directions) - Hours: 8am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday through July 19
- Extended hours on Wednesday, July 10, during the Board meeting
- Chat with Carrie Day Aspinwall, MPRB’s Indigenous Parks Liaison
Thursdays, July 11 and July 18 from 3 to 4pm – stop by anytime
Credits
Why Treaties Matter is collaboration of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, the Minnesota Humanities Center and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. This exhibit was developed with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 and The Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation.
