Linda and Luke Black Elk AT the The Minnesota Goose Garden

Join us AT the Minnesota Goose Garden! Linda Black Elk will do a short presentation AT the Minnesota Goose Garden in Sandstone. We can all walk & talk with her until 4 PM.Brought to you by the 210 Gallery and Art Center and the State of Minnesota Arts Board, Linda Black Elk and husband Ahán Heȟáka Sápa (Luke) will join Minnesota Goose Garden creator Susan Swerda Foss to present a short talk at 1:00 PM AT THE MINNESOTA GOOSE GARDEN and then be available for questions and conversation and a more informal stroll through the gardens until 4 PM. The Minnesota Goose Garden is a botanical sculpture garden based on Ojibwe history, located in Sandstone Minnesota. Life size animal and human sculptures, created by Artist Susan Foss are surrounded by a mile of walking paths. Informative signs on the use of are the flora. Linda and Luke teach students about the ways that Indigenous people use plants for food, medicine, and materials. Indigenous wisdom comes from an intergenerational line of community members who hold a long and storied relationship with the natural world. Indigenous ways of knowing are still a valid and timely science that is vital for the survival of all peoples, especially with the rise of pandemic illnesses and extreme weather events brought about by industrial food production and exacerbated by rampant climate change.