Symposium
Held at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs in May 2022, the TRUTH Project Symposium was a two-day event where representatives from each Tribal Nation and University researchers presented their findings and recommendations to University of Minnesota leadership. Below are links to their presentations.
Tribal Presentations
Cansa'yapi
Lower Sioux Indian Community
Cheyenne St. John
Tribal Research Fellow
Presented by
President Robert Larsen
Gaa-waabaabiganikaag
White Earth Nation
Curtis Rogers
Tribal Research Fellow
Jaimie Arsenault
Tribal Research Fellow
Eugene Sommers
Tribal Research Fellow
Presented by
Jaime Arsenault,
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Laurie Harper
Director of Education
Tribal Research Fellow
Nah-gah-chi-wa-nong
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Kami Diver
Tribal Research Fellow
Pezihutazizi Oyate Upper Sioux Community
Samantha Odegard,
Tribal Historic Officer
Tribal Research Fellow
Misi-zaaga'iganiing / Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Susan Klapel
Tribal Research Fellow
Kelly Applegate
Tribal Research Fellow
Michael Wilson
Archivist
Tribal Research Fellow
Presented by Michael Wilson, Archivist
Mdewakanton Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community
Andrew Vig
Director of Hocokata Ti
Tribal Research Fellow
Margo Prescott
Tribal Research Fellow
Javier Avalos
Tribal Research Fellow
Presented by Secretary Rebecca Crooks-Stratton
Miskwaagamiiwi-Zaagaiganing
Red Lake Nation
Audrianna Goodwin
Tribal Research Fellow
Tinta Wita
Prairie Island Indian Community
Suzelle (Bellanger) Sandoval Tribal Research Fellow
Zagaakwaandagowininiwag
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
&
Gichi-Onigaming
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Jaylen Strong
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Tribal Research Fellow
University Presentations
TRUTH: A Strategic Analysis
Kyle Malone, Madeline Bozich and Shuping Wang
TRUTH Capstone: Permanent University Fund, Mineral Rights and University Comparison
Danielle Fuecker, Audrianna Goodwin, Henry Paddock, Madeline Titus
(Im)Morrill Beginnings: The Founding Regents, Indigenous Land Dispossession, and Ethnic Cleansing
An Garagiola