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Ojibwe Language & Culture Take Center Stage in Andrea Fairbanks’ Work
Andrea Fairbanks, Bagwajikwe, is Leech Lake Anishinaabe. She is a mother, above all else. She is also a multifaceted artist, Ojibwe language revitalizationalist and teacher. She...
Vocalist Jada Brown Finds Power in a Microphone
Jada Brown, affiliated with the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, is a vocalist and poet who is passionate about engaging in creative resistance work....
Get Ready for Four Native Super Stars to Take the Stage
Four talented Anishinabe artists will be on stage June 13th sharing and demonstrating that Native folks are resilient, thrive, and have a large capacity...
Sir Curtis Kirby III Helps Youth See a Future Through Theater
Sir Curtis Kirby III is an Ojibwe/African-American artist who lives in Saint Paul. Kirby is the Director of the Ikidowin Youth Theater Ensemble and has directed We...
Writer Marcie Rendon Explores the Resilience of Native People
Marcie Rendon is a citizen of the White Earth Nation. She is an award-winning crime novelist, an award-winning spoken word artist, a writer of children's...
Spoken Word Artist Kevin Yang Is Not In Between
Kevin Yang is a Hmong-American multidisciplinary artist from the Twin Cities. Kevin creates primarily in the mediums of spoken word, filmmaking and theater. He...
Writer Kao Kalia Yang Brings Hmong Storytelling to the American Canon
Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong-American writer. She is the author of The Latehomecomer and The Song Poet. In the fall of 2019, Yang will debut...
Spark of Poetry and Prose in a Visual World
Throughout the hot summers of my childhood, on the good days when my mother and father were not doing overtime at the factory or...
Artist Xee Reiter Sketches Her Hmong Roots
Xee Reiter began her infatuation with art in grade school, and it has since remained an intrinsic part of her creative life. Her eclectic style...
Explore the Mesmerizing Art of Hmong Song Poetry
Bee Yang is a respected traditional Hmong song poet of kwv txhiaj. Yang is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant for Folk...
