Auds Jenkins
Features Reporter
Auds H. Jenkins is a Star Tribune summer intern from Harvard Divinity School.
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Variety![The Reverend Jim Bear Jacobs discusses the importance of Pilot Knob, a sacred site for the Dakota where they were buried before Minnesota became a state. He stands on a medicine wheel.] The Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs has spent a lifetime educating Minnesotans about the state's history with native peoples. He will be one of the voices, and models, for a story I'm working on about the MN Council of Churches, w ith 24 denominations statewide and 1 million members, is launching a Truth and Reparation project that would be the first in the nation. It will be asking its churches to get real about teaching the histories of indigenous people and African Americans in Minnesota.RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII ¥ richard.tsong-taatarii@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/VIB5ZIUB4CPFMKRXBZXDCXXJWQ.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
These Twin Cities churches are making reparations to Black and Indigenous communities
The Truth and Reparations initiative at the Minnesota Council of Churches was born in 2020 to build racial equity.
September 21, 2023
Curious Minnesota
How a sacred Dakota island was destroyed by Minneapolis' industrial ambitions
Spirit Island was once a prominent landmark of the downtown Minneapolis riverfront.
August 18, 2023
Variety
Will a Minneapolis filmmaker say yes to her spirit guides and become a Hmong shaman?
To help decide, Joua Lee Grande is doing what she does best: Making a documentary about it.
August 8, 2023
Variety
Come for the zombies, stay for the story at Theater Mu's latest play
Theater Mu's latest play uses horror and humor to address the legacy of war and colonialism.
July 17, 2023
Variety
Minneapolis powwow celebrates belonging for Two Spirit, queer community
Two Spirit Powwow invites natives to dress and dance on their own terms.
June 23, 2023