Monday, March 30, 2020
Focus Day
NATIVE VOICES
9:30 – 10:30 Presidents’ Hall
A Legacy in Minneapolis
Speaker: Mary LaGarde-Agnew, Executive Director,
Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) and
Member of White Earth Nation
The MAIC was founded in 1974 by Native community
members. It continues today with majority American Indian
leadership and staffing. The MAIC serves 14,000 plus
Native people and other members of the community
through employment training and placement; advocacy for
children, families and elders; and healthy living through
physical activity, nutrition, and other services. Learn more
about this organization with rich cultural traditions in our
community.

10:45 – 11:45 Presidents’ Hall
Hearts of Our People: The Legacy, Relationships,
and Power of Native Women Artists
Speaker: Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Associate Curator of Native
American Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art Cocurator of “Hearts of Our People: Native Women
Artists”
Native women’s contributions to the art world have largely
gone unrecognized by outsiders, despite the fact that women
are responsible for most of the Native artwork found in
collections. Today, we will learn how this unique
exhibition, focused on Native women artists, was co-curated
by Yohe and Teri Greeves (Kiowa) who were guided by an
advisory board of Native artists, curators, scholars, and nonNative scholars.

11:45 – Noon ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:00 – 1:15 LUNCHEON

1:15 – 2:15 Presidents’ Hall
Respect for Native American Culture
Speaker: Terri Yellowhammer, American Indian
Community Relations Development Manager for
Hennepin County, and Appellate Court Judge for
the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Yellowhammer will discuss respect in and for Native
American culture. We will hear how a variety of cultural
protective factors support and affect her life and others in
the community.