Native Arts Collaborative

17/08/2025

Happy Anniversary!! ❤️

You're invited! Take a look behind the scenes of the Ordway during our 40th Anniversary Open House: enjoy self-guided backstage tours, mini-concerts throughout the day, and even more surprises.

Reserve your free passes now at Ordway.org/Open-House

11/07/2025

The four Arts Partnership organizations—Minnesota Opera, Ordway, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Schubert Club—present Ordway Inside Out, an initiative that utilizes digital technology to dramatically increase access to artistic programming in Saint Paul. Audiences are able to experience free programming from all four organizations, streamed onto a giant 23’ x 13’ video wall in Rice Park.

08/07/2025

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Yesterday, pundit Ann Coulter stated on X (formerly Twitter) that “we didn’t kill enough Indians.” The post was shared more than a million times. As a writer and a lawyer, Coulter knows that words matter, especially for someone with her platform. Suggesting that Native Americans—whose communities and cultures persist and thrive despite the American government having systematically taken Native lands, children, religions, and lives—deserve to die or were not persecuted enough, is ignorant and immoral.

Although abhorrent, this language is not new. Getting rid of Native Americans has been the stated goal of a slew of U.S. policies from the Trail of Tears to the Termination Era. One hundred years ago, policy makers engaged in cultural genocide: killing the Indian to save the man. Many advocated to just kill the Indians. Genocidal language aimed at Native Americans was supposed to be something of the past. It was something that mainstream society had rejected and moved past—until Coulter’s post.

We call on all those who are decent, who have moral values, to denounce this type of hate speech. We should not treat each other in this way. The dark history of the United States’ policies towards Native people should not be repeated. Join us in standing up for the rights of Native people and preserving our existence for generations to come.

John E. Echohawk
NARF Executive Director

19/06/2025

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18/06/2025

FYI! Sharing!
Lake Leaf Dispensary will open on Friday, June 20, 2025 (12-8 PM) at their Mille lacs location!
Keep going, Lake Leaf Cultivation ! Congratulations!! You all did this!! 🙏🏾🌿💙💚

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02/06/2025

On this day in 1924, the U.S. government passed the Indian Citizenship Act, declaring all Native people born in the United States to be American citizens.

But this so-called “grant” of citizenship came without full rights. In many states, Native people were still denied the right to vote for decades. More importantly, citizenship was imposed, not requested.

This raises questions still relevant today:
• Who gets to define belonging?
• What does it mean to be sovereign within a settler state?

For many Indigenous artists and thinkers, this moment is not about celebrating assimilation. It is about reclaiming the narrative. It’s a reminder that our rights, identities, and nations existed long before 1924 and will endure long after.

Note: We use the term “Indian Citizenship Act” to reflect the law’s official name. We recognize that this language is part of the U.S. government’s colonial framework.

31/05/2025

We'll see you today at the Landmark Plaza!!

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts annual Festival celebrating the artist in every child.

27/05/2025

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27/05/2025

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In Remembrance: What Memorial Day Means to Native American Veterans

Memorial Day holds a solemn, sacred place in the hearts of Native American veterans and their communities. It is a day not only of national reflection, but also of deeply personal remembrance—honoring the warriors from Indigenous nations who gave their lives in service to a country that often overlooked their sovereignty, yet was fiercely defended by their courage.
On Memorial Day, Native communities gather not just at national cemeteries, but at tribal grounds, powwows, and sacred sites. Ceremonies may include prayer songs, drum circles, to***co offerings, and the burning of sage or sweetgrass—honoring the spirits of fallen warriors in ways that bridge military and spiritual traditions. Names are spoken aloud. Stories are shared. The memory of each sacrifice is kept alive not just in silence, but in song and legacy.

For Native American veterans, Memorial Day is also a reminder of the complex dual identity many hold—fighting for a nation that has, at times, fought against them, yet doing so with unyielding honor and resolve. It is a day to remember that the red, white, and blue has always been defended by the people of the land, long before stars were stitched into that flag.

In remembering Native American veterans this Memorial Day, we honor more than military service—we honor the deep roots of warriorhood, the resilience of culture, and the sacred memory of those who gave all. May their names be never forgotten, and their spirits always walk with us.

05/11/2024

Today is Election Day! 🗳 Don't forget to check in with your grandma, aunties, uncles, cousins, neighbors, coworkers, or whoever else might need a ride to the polls. When Native peoples show up to vote, Indian Country is heard.

Stoodis! 🚗💨

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03/11/2024

Go Ashley Callingbull !! ✊🏾❤️✨

The reason I am wearing a lot of Red and my Red Dress Pin at Miss Universe is to raise awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous women. So many people have asked me about my pin and that is exactly how you get the conversation started. It is important for the Universe to know our truth. ♥️

01/11/2024

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