{"id":2989,"date":"2025-03-17T20:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T20:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/?page_id=2989"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:20:04","slug":"indigenous-land-campus-mural","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/equity\/indigenous-land-campus-mural\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Land Campus Mural"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artist Natchez Beaulieu, Waabigwanikwe (Flower Woman) speaks at a March 2025 “Dialogue and Dinner” event about the campus mural project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the past years, a Macalester working group led by Native and Indigenous staff and faculty began developing a campus mural project, as one piece of how Macalester honors the narratives and experiences of our Indigenous communities. This is ongoing work to think critically about how we care for\u2014and educate about\u2014the Dakota land we’re on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, we partnered with Minneapolis artist Natchez Beaulieu<\/a>, Waabigwanikwe (Flower Woman), an Anishinaabekwe from the White Earth Nation and co-designer Hapistinna Graci Horne<\/a>, who was born and raised in Mnisota whose Dakota and Lakota bands are Sisseton Wahpeton, Hunkpapa, and Wahpekute, to create an acrylic mural covering the columns in the Link between the library and Old Main.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natchez’s vision for the project began with a focus on the Four Directions and the Dakota land. Equally important to her is connecting with the Mac community to shape this project together, including through artist dialogue events and chances to paint the mural together. The mural was completed during the fall, with a dedication ceremony on Monday, October 13th, 2025, to honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mural Making Process<\/h3>\n

Presentation from artist Natchez Beaulieu about the mural’s creation process and installation.<\/p>\n

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Creating a mural in community <\/h3>\n

\u201cFinishing up this weekend with people around\u2014it gives me goosebumps,\u201d Beaulieu said at Mac Fest. \u201cIt\u2019s just what I wanted this to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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