Big Water Warriors Camp

12/27/2022

Wicoie Nandagikendan, a Dakota and Ojibwe language immersion preschool is pleased to announce that we will host an evening of inspiration and hope. The line-up is an impressive one with all but one of the women are indigenous; a Message from Diane Wilson author of, “The Seed Keeper,” and the 2022 Minnesota Book Award winner will be our featured. *Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, *Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Anne McKeig, AIM Executive Director Lisa Bellanger, *Executive Director of Women Winning Nevada Littlewolf and Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins will be speaking as well.
The event will take place on Thursday, December 29th. The event venue is the Day Block Event Center located at 1103 S. Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55415. The VIP reception begins at 6 pm. Open bar upon arrival. This will be an evening to be remembered and may just be the highlight that might move you to engage with our program.
This will be a hybrid event with the VIP reception an in-person event and our general admission will be accessed virtually. The VIP reception will be catered by “Owamni.” The James Beard Foundation recently named, “Owamni” as the best restaurant in America. Dana Thompson, co-owner of Owamni will be entertaining our guests as she is also a jazz singer. Asiginaak, a local women's hand drum group will also sing for us.
Wicoie Nandaginkendan is the first indigenous urban preschool immersion program created in Minneapolis. We offer a half day immersion experience comparable to the preschool lessons in the English classrooms but they are taught entirely in Dakota or Ojibwe languages. Children who attend our program are found to be testing higher than those who are not in an immersion class. Participation in our program will increase the student's positive cultural identity, self-esteem, cultural self-efficacy, creativity and other meta cognitive skills that help increase their critical thinking skills, mental flexibility, and sensitivity to others. Our students upon entry do not need to know Dakota or Ojibwe to be enrolled. Tickets: VIP reception $125 General Admission $40. The VIP
reception begins at 6pm. Parking is located behind the center. Visit our website at: wicoienandagikendan.org for ticket information. Please come and support our incredibly vital educational preschool and see how much we've grown! To witness our students speaking their respective languages is truly a joy and is amazingly inspiring!
I’ve included a press release, and a link for your convenience to click on: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/482577049947
We look forward to seeing you there!

Wicoie Nandagikendan, Dakota and Ojibwe language immersion preschool, is hosting an evening of inspiration and hope for Indigenous Languages

12/16/2022

Wicoie Nandagikendan, Dakota and Ojibwe language immersion preschool, is hosting an evening of inspiration and hope for Indigenous Languages

11/09/2021

Help us save Minnesota's indigenous languages Today!

We will provide scholarships to 10 students in our Ojibwe and Dakhota immersion classroom

11/25/2019

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November 25th, 2019
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Water Protectors Block Gate at Enbridge U.S. Tar Sands Terminal: We Will Stop Line 3

(Clearbrook, MN) Early Monday morning, water protectors blockaded the primary gate of Enbridge’s U.S. terminal, the entry point of several pipelines carrying Alberta tar sands into the region.

One water protector was suspended from a tripod, in solidarity with indigenous-led opposition to Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 pipeline. Line 3 poses to be a 10% increase of tar sands extraction. The project seeks to pass through the Mississippi River headwater, hundreds of watersheds, and terminate at Lake Superior.

The climber, Sara-Beth Anderson, 21, a resident of Minneapolis, said, “I am a diver and love the ocean with all of my heart. The destruction of the sacred is happening because of these terrible decisions to keep extracting, to keep harming the earth despite what climate science has told the world’s leaders. I take this risk for the unborn, for the indigenous peoples fighting to protect their territories all over the planet, for the oceans. Anyone can take a stand against the greatest threat facing our shared world — get involved, get involved now.”

11/19/2019

They could face fines of $10,000 and up to six years in jail.

11/12/2019

In this live stream, Mark will address the two Presidential Proclamations regarding National American History and Founders Month and Native American Heritage...

11/05/2019

On the heels of a major oil spill in the current Keystone Pipeline, TC Energy who used to be called TransCanada is suing Nebraska landowners to take their property.

10/28/2019

The refounding conference of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression is coming up this November in the city of Chicago, and with only a few weeks left we still need to raise funds to support activist and organizers who hope to attend

10/24/2019

Tribal chairman Mike Wiggins Jr speaks on the Wisconsin felony trespass bill at the press conference following the hearing's on Tuesday
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10/16/2019

Come to ESTHER’s 2019 Banquet on Sunday, November 3, to hear directly from one of today’s most authentic, original, and prolific voices on the subject of climate justice -- Winona LaDuke. Read more and purchase tickets by clicking on this story.