A series of local events and fundraisers are planned Saturday, Nov. 12, noon – 5 p.m. along the American Indian Cultural Corridor as part of a National Day of Action in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The event is called “The Ave Stands with Standing Rock.” All proceeds are going to the Water Protectors.
- Minneapolis American Indian Center, 1530 East Franklin Ave.: $8 Jucy Lucy, $7 Indian Tacos and $3 wild rice egg rolls sold all day. Entertainment will include: Blue Dog Band, Los Nativos, and Tall Paul. Healing Station with massage therapy, herbalists and acupuncturists. Two Rivers Gallery show: “Dakota Isanti: Reclaiming Identity” and Community Sewing Bee.
- All My Relations Gallery/Pow Wow Grounds Coffee, 1414 East Franklin Ave., Traditional Ojibwe song and dance workshop (2-3 p.m.), comedy by the New Native Theater, silent art auction. and the gallery show in All My Relations Gallery: “On Fertile Ground: Native Artists in the Upper Midwest.” ($5 admission)
- AIM Interpretive Center, 1113 East Franklin Ave., #103: Sign the tipi that will travel to Standing Rock, Gallery Show: Ledger art from Quinton Maldondo. ($5 admission)
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