MSCS Honors Indigenous Peoples' Day on October 10, 12-1 pm in Red Wing

On Monday, October 10, Minnesota State College Southeast will honor Indigenous Peoples' Day in Red Wing with an on-campus gathering featuring a keynote address by Broderick Dressen, an enrolled member of the Iñupiat Eskimo people of Utqiagvik, Alaska.

The college will also formally introduce its Land Acknowledgement Statement, which has been crafted over the past several months in a process that included soliciting feedback from the Prairie Island Community.

Please join us from 12 to 1 pm in the Main Lobby of the Red Wing campus. If you can't attend in person, the event will also be lived streamed as a Zoom webinar. 

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Indigenous Peoples' Day: A Celebration of Who We Are 

In looking beyond the history of the day itself and why it is newly observed, Broderick Dressen will talk on the importance of breaking free of the absent narrative that has beleaguered and impaired Indigenous people. This includes looking at the status quo and exploring how a day of acknowledgement can lead to positive pathways that were previously unattainable. The speech celebrates the vast number of cultures and peoples that the day gives agency to, in which healing steps are being made.

Keynote Speaker: Broderick Dressen

Broderick Dressen was born and raised on a farm near Red Wing, Minnesota and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has a degree in Political Science: International Relations and has spent the last 15 years working across various agencies in pursuit of bettering the lives and opportunities for Indigenous peoples in America, including work in Washington, DC. Prior to working on the Hill, he spent five years working for MIGIZI, a nonprofit in Minneapolis that works to close educational equity gaps for Native youth.