Indigenous Justice

At the end of his Sacred Sites tour, Rev. Jim Bear Jacobs encourages participants to join Indigenous people in their quest for restoration of culture, language, spiritual practice, and land. He states that their coalition by itself cannot get the attention it needs to achieve these goals. The tribal nations need allies to stand with them in this work.

Black Empowerment activist Betty Freed Tuskine puts it bluntly “If you want to work with me, you have to know something about what I know so that we can work together.” That is our starting point. 

Our vision is to advance the efforts of Minnesota Indigenous tribal nations to preserve their language. culture, and spiritual life and to restore broken treaties as outlined by the Indian Land Trust Foundation. 
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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