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Standing In Our Power

Standing In Our Power

The Standing in Our Power Ojibwe cultural project is working to reduce the impact of the long history of cultural genocide. The project aims to provide women with the opportunity to learn cultural roles and teachings to take back power and reclaim their sacredness as women.

Building the College of Menominee Nation’s Capacity through Culture, Community, Connections, and Collaboration

Building the College of Menominee Nation’s Capacity through Culture, Community, Connections, and Collaboration

In the spring of 2022, the American Indian College Fund awarded the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) the Ihduwiyayapi: Advancing Indigenous Early Childhood Education Grant for its teacher education program, which is a community-centered and multi-faceted approach to early childhood education that builds on CMN’s current capacity to teach and train early childhood educators to graduate with the skills to be fully equipped to teach the Menominee Nation’s littlest learners.

Great Reads from Native Women Authors to Celebrate Read Across America Day and Women’s History Month

Great Reads from Native Women Authors to Celebrate Read Across America Day and Women’s History Month

It’s the first day of March! What better way to celebrate the beginning of Women’s History Month and Read Across America Day than to read a book by an Indigenous woman? You can help raise Native women’s voices and support Native writers by choosing a great book from this list; shopping for your great reads at a Native woman-owned bookstore, such as Birchbark Books (owned by Louise Erdrich) or Na Mae Hawai’I Bookstore (owned by Maile Meyer); and discussing your chosen read with friends or sharing a review on social media.

I AM

I AM

A poem called I AM by Brandon Isham as part of the Elder Story Series by the American Indian College Fund.