Connecting people through the power of history and culture
Native American Boarding Schools discussed at second program of Exploring History and Culture
in Central Minnesota 2025 event series on February 8th
(January 22, 2025) Join us on Saturday, February 8 th , for the second program in this year’s “Exploring
History and Culture in Central Minnesota” February event series featuring Native American history and
culture. Native American Boarding School Impacts and Legacies will be presented by Ted Gordon, Joe Farry
Professor of Public Policy and Civic Engagement; Macy Ellis, undergraduate research assistant; and Meg
Nelson, President of Indigenous Students Association at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s
University. The series, which is in its sixth year, engages with the history of communities that have been and
continue to be part of central Minnesota. A partnership project of the Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne
County historical societies, the three central Minnesota history museums are collaborating for the 2025
series with the American Indian Center at St. Cloud State University, College of Saint Benedict and Saint
John's University, and Sherburne County Parks.
The three-part series includes Sherburne County Park Director, Gina Hugo, presenting Cultural Competence
Through Park Land Development-Two Inlets at Bdé Heḣáka-Omashkooz Zaaga’igaans Regional Park at the Sherburne
History Center in Becker on February 1 st and a program from the American Indian Center at St. Cloud State
University on Saturday, February 15 th , at the Benton County Historical Society in Sauk Rapids. All programs
start at 10:30 am and are free and open to the public.
For more information about the series and the upcoming programs, contact Ann Marie Johnson at the
Stearns History Museum (320/253-8424 or development@stearns-museum.org).