This year, in order to assure the health of our members during the continued pandemic, the events of the Capacity Building Training will be held online.
Moderator: Julie Richards
Panelists (more to come): Marisa Cummings (MN Indian Women’s Resource Center), Farji Shaheer (NextStep, HCMC and North Memorial Hospital)
Join us for a panel discussion on how people experience victimization, trauma, and healing across different cultural boundaries. This discussion is intended to highlight the unique ways that our communities process victimization and look beyond mainstream Western perspectives when approaching victim advocacy.
Breakfast & Book Club: The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Friday, September 10, 2021
9:00 to 11:00 am
Bring your breakfast and your copy of Louise Erdrich’s The Round House to this session where we will discuss trauma and recovery, culture and spirituality, tribal sovereignty, and justice and revenge through the lens of the book. You do not need to have read the book to participate in the discussion! You can find a summary here to help you prepare for the discussion. (Note: MAC staff and interns have all read the book and HIGHLY recommend it!)
Dodging Bullets Documentary—Stories from Survivors of Historical Trauma
Friday, September 10, 2021
1:00 to 3:00 pm
Best of Fest Award – Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival
This event is open to MAC Members only.
America’s fickle love affair with Native Americans is limited to revisionist stories of passive Indian maidens like Pocahontas and Sacajawea or fierce doomed warriors like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. But when we look beneath the stereotypes and understand the issues and statistics of what’s really happening in Indian Country, the truth is surprising, complex, and frustrating. There are spiritual, psychological, and physical wounds experienced in large numbers of the Native American population and these hurts have a name, historical trauma.
Dodging Bullets, a Minnesota-made documentary, confronts historictral trauma head-on through interviews and discussions with young Native Americans whose lives are stricken with the effects of historical trauma. The film explores research by professionals whose work helps develop a better understanding of trauma, how it relates to Native Americans specifically and provides insight into ways we can improve the outcomes of Native people dealing with these challenges.
For more information, including a trailer, visit www.dodgingbullets.com.
A short discussion will follow the film.
Registration Fees
Please make sure you register by the end of the day on Monday, September 6, 2021.