All events for Mináǧi Kiŋ Dowáŋ: A Zitkála-Šá Opera

Mináǧi Kiŋ Dowáŋ: A Zitkála-Šá Opera (“My Spirit Sings” in Dakota) is an original film written, composed and sung by an all-Indigenous team. It recently marked its Mni Sota Makoce debut at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center in St. Paul and now travels north. The work originated in conversations between Kelly M. Turpin, executive director/producer of An Opera Theatre, and director/artistic producer Sequoia Hauck (Anishinaabe, Hupa). Their shared interest in the Indigenous writer, musician, educator and political activist Zitkála-Šá, a…