Anishinaabenaajimon: New Jersey Woods

Some things are hard to talk about. They hit too close to home, or make us uncomfortable, or we just don’t know how to start the conversation. A grassroots group in Bemidji meets every month to have those conversations. The Truth and Reconciliation group is made up of community members that want to face race relations in our own backyard. Dr. Anton Treuer is an author and professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University – and he’s helped get the group up and running. He’s also producing a new series for Northern Community Radio about Bemidji’s Truth and Reconciliation efforts. In the first episode of “Anishinaabenaajimon: Minnesota’s Tribal Voice”, Anton remembers a particularly awkward situation that led to a great conversation.