Indigenous Justice

During fall 2020, in worship, programming, and Sacred Sites Tours, Unity Church has sought to better understand the history experienced by indigenous people in Minnesota and how it lives on in the present day.  ​If you are interested in joining the continuing conversation about our congregational commitment to Indigenous justice and reparations, contact Rev. Shay MacKay at shay@unityunitarian.org. ​

Sacred Sites Tour
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Unity Church is hoping to sponsor another Sacred Sites Tour offered by Healing Minnesota Stories and created and led by Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs (Mohican). Several groups from Unity Church have attended these tours in earlier offerings. If you haven't yet experienced one, we hope you'll consider attending this powerful opportunity to learn about Minnesota history from a Native perspective through storytelling and reverently visiting three sites sacred to the Dakota people. Space is limited.
 
The tour is entirely outdoors and, for COVID-19 precautions, is limited in size, with participants driving themselves to each of the three sites, all near the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. As a brief introduction to Jim Bear Jacobs and the focus of these tours, consider viewing the two brief video messages from the Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs, available below, recorded last fall for our October 18 worship service. If you are interested in participating in a Sacred Sites Tour, please complete the interest form.

SACRED SITES TOUR INTEREST FORM

Please watch these two brief video messages from the Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs, shared in our October 18 worship service, “Moving at the Speed of Trust.”

Bdote Stories of First Creation, Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs

Wrestling with Stories of Trauma in the Land Beneath Our Feet, Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs