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