
Boarding School Era Sculpture: Duane Goodwin
Season 11 Episode 5 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Duane Goodwin sculpts a monument that tells the tragic story of MN's boarding school era.
Artist Duane Goodwin of the Cass Lake, MN area sculpts in stone a monumental work that tells a tragic tale of Minnesota’s boarding school era, when native children were stripped of their cultural identities. Awarded the job at University of Minnesota Morris, Goodwin works with young Native apprentices from across Minnesota to bring more attention to this time of pain, loss & injustice.
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Boarding School Era Sculpture: Duane Goodwin
Season 11 Episode 5 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Artist Duane Goodwin of the Cass Lake, MN area sculpts in stone a monumental work that tells a tragic tale of Minnesota’s boarding school era, when native children were stripped of their cultural identities. Awarded the job at University of Minnesota Morris, Goodwin works with young Native apprentices from across Minnesota to bring more attention to this time of pain, loss & injustice.
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