In partnership with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, we strive to improve physical and spiritual health for the next Seven Generations through education, research, and clinical care.
FIND YOUR PATH
Whether you're just starting to explore career options or you're on the homestretch toward reaching your goals, we're here to support your journey. We provide high-quality educational programs for all academic levels.
We engage youth through traditional cultural activities and printed materials.
We offer enrichment programs and opportunities for college students interested in pursuing health careers.
We provide numerous support services, Indigenous health curricula, as well as clinical opportunities at Tribal sites.
Our Symbol: Miinens + Manidoominens + Pathways
The center's symbol shows cycles, representing how our students rise to their full potential through a committed lifelong journey of learning and service.
In Ojibwe, Miinens means hawthorn (the plant shown), comes from the word for seed, and is also medicine. Manidoominens is the word for beadwork and for bead. The concepts are closely linked—seeds were the original beads.
This imagery draws on the fullness of potential that lies within each seed; the spiral path of beadwork that begins with just one bead; and the plant's stages in each season.
As our students return to their communities to serve and inspire, the cycle begins again for younger generations.
University of Minnesota Duluth Land Acknowledgement
We collectively acknowledge that the University of Minnesota Duluth is located on the traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. The University resides on land that was cared for and called home by the Ojibwe people, before them the Dakota and Northern Cheyenne people, and other Native peoples from time immemorial. Ceded by the Ojibwe in an 1854 treaty, this land holds great historical, spiritual, and personal significance for its original stewards, the Native nations and peoples of this region. We recognize and continually support and advocate for the sovereignty of the Native nations in this territory and beyond. By offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm tribal sovereignty and will work to hold the University of Minnesota Duluth accountable to American Indian peoples and nations.
Header and Mission Statement photos courtesy of John Krumm.