Learning Firsthand About Native American Cultural Clash (In Person)

February 21, 6:30-8:00pm

$15 | In person

Location: Assisi Heights (1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901) Click here for map.

Betty and Shirley were born and raised in Rochester. Their mother, Nora, was from the Spirit Lake Dakota (Sioux) Nation in North Dakota and attended Indian boarding school, from age 5 through high school, in Marty, South Dakota. Their dad, Burnett, was Norwegian from Tioga, North Dakota. Diversity was learned at the kitchen table. They have been on a journey, since 2001, when their mother passed away; learning for the first time about their Dakota history and heritage. They wanted to know why their mother was so embarrassed to be Native American. This presentation will take you through their growing up years, how they learned about Minnesota’s cultural clash between the Dakota and the early settlers, and how they learned to forgive from the many elders they met on their journey.

Come hear these stories and meet Betty Smith and Shirley Greising in person.

Welcome to this in person program at Assisi Heights! Please refrain from attending if experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illness or have been exposed to any persons infected with COVID-19. Please park in the lot in front of Assisi Heights and enter through the main entrance.