Upcoming events.
Mark your calendars for upcoming events
September: Giiwedinong Annual Welcome and Founding Members Feast TBD
Details: Membership and honoring historians at the Armory in Park Rapids, partnered with the Sioux Chef, serving traditional indigenous foods.
October 12: Indigenous People’s Day Celebration
Details: On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we celebrate the invaluable contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples and recognize their inherent sovereignty.
Hosted by Giiwedinong in partnership with local indigenous peoples.
Corey Medina & Brothers, an open mic concert at the Park Rapids Armory, co-sponsored by Giiwedinong in the evening.
November 1: 3rd Annual Días de los Muertos Block Party
Details: Partnered with Vallartas Mexican Grill in Park Rapids with artists Guillermo Valadez and Ana Navarro.
December 2024: Mini Winter Native Film Festival TBD
January 16: National Day of Racial Healing
Details: The day following Martin Luther King Day, with local schools and using Kellogg Foundation digital platforms.
February 17: Chief’s Day
Details: Presentation and special exhibit/event hosted by Giiwedinong in partnership with local native historians and local schools.
We will update the calendar with details of these events once the programming is finalized.
Giiwedinong’s 3rd Annual Días de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, Block Party
SAVE THE DATE! YOU ARE INVITED!
Días de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, block party on November 1st, 2023! We will gather at the new Giiwedinong Treaty Rights and Cultural Museum located at 101 2nd Street West in Park Rapids, Minnesota.
Giiwedinong Museum presents the Annual Fall Feast Dinner with the renowned Ethan Denny-Broker, Chef de Cuisine of OWAMNI, by the Sioux Chef.
Giiwedinong Museum Presents
We cordially invite you to a special dinner featuring a delicious Anishinaabe feast, prepared by the renowned "OWAMNI" by the Sioux Chef and generously supported by the Giiwedinong Museum.
Please join us at the Armory Arts & Event Center in Park Rapids on Sunday, September 15, 2024, for our much-anticipated annual feast dinner. At this event, traditional Anishinaabe and Lakota foods and flavors will be served that are sure to please your taste buds.
Water Protector Reception with the Shell River Alliance
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.
Standing Rock’s "Not Afraid to Look" replica sculpture is coming to Giiwedinong!
Standing Rock’s "Not Afraid to Look" replica sculpture is coming to Giiwedinong! Join Charles Rencountre and Giiwedinong in celebrating the unveiling of this powerful sculpture and showing your support for the important work being done at the Giiwedinong Museum on May 18th, 2024.
EVENT IS AT CAPACITY Cross Cultures: One Dish One Spoon Treaty
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Cross Cultures: One Dish One Spoon Treaty
Giiwedinong is inviting you to a community lunch & learn on January 16th, from 12pm-1:30pm. We will be serving a traditional meal, with our research director teaching about the One Dish One Spoon Treaty.
Giiwedinong’s Grand Opening, Historical Celebration happening in the north on Indigenous Peoples’ Week.
SAVE THE DATE! YOU ARE INVITED!
Minnesota’s first Treaty Rights & Culture Museum is opening on Indigenous Peoples’ Week!
Thursday, October 12, 2023 in the north, Park Rapids, MN