mansurdance acknowledges that that our artistic projects in Winona takes place on Dakota land.
mansurdance commits to going beyond a statement and is investing in continued efforts to acknowledge and support Indigenous artists and community members, particularly in Mni Sota Makoce/Minnesota.
In 2023-2024 mansurdance and The Cedar Tree Project contributed to the following Indigenous organizations::
Winona Dakota Unity Alliance
Honoring Dakota Project
The 2022 SHIFT~ salons contributed to the following Indigenous organizations:
Dreams of Wild Health
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Native Women's Wilderness
Indigenous organizations and artists mansurdance has been following and supporting:
Dakota Wicohan/The Dakota Way of Life
Indigenous Food Lab
Emily Johnson/Catalyst Dance
Makoce Ikikcupi
Rosy Simas Danse
The Sioux Chef
Winona Dakota Unity Alliance
Additional resources:
Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota, by Gwen Westerman & Bruce White
Birchbark Books & Native Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Photo: Still from the arms/clouds/sky film, videography by Sydney Swanson
Image description: Two hands of an Arab American woman are visible, with thumbs and fingers touching, held up against a sunny blue sky with white clouds in the background.
mansurdance commits to going beyond a statement and is investing in continued efforts to acknowledge and support Indigenous artists and community members, particularly in Mni Sota Makoce/Minnesota.
In 2023-2024 mansurdance and The Cedar Tree Project contributed to the following Indigenous organizations::
Winona Dakota Unity Alliance
Honoring Dakota Project
The 2022 SHIFT~ salons contributed to the following Indigenous organizations:
Dreams of Wild Health
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Native Women's Wilderness
Indigenous organizations and artists mansurdance has been following and supporting:
Dakota Wicohan/The Dakota Way of Life
Indigenous Food Lab
Emily Johnson/Catalyst Dance
Makoce Ikikcupi
Rosy Simas Danse
The Sioux Chef
Winona Dakota Unity Alliance
Additional resources:
Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota, by Gwen Westerman & Bruce White
Birchbark Books & Native Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Photo: Still from the arms/clouds/sky film, videography by Sydney Swanson
Image description: Two hands of an Arab American woman are visible, with thumbs and fingers touching, held up against a sunny blue sky with white clouds in the background.