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Auds Jenkins

Features Reporter | Newsroom

Auds H. Jenkins is a Star Tribune summer intern from Harvard Divinity School.

Recent content from Auds Jenkins
The Reverend Jim Bear Jacobs discusses the importance of Pilot Knob, a sacred site for the Dakota where they were buried before Minnesota became a sta

These Twin Cities churches are making reparations to Black and Indigenous communities

The Truth and Reparations initiative at the Minnesota Council of Churches was born in 2020 to build racial equity.
Crews quarried limestone and sandstone on Spirit Island in 1899.

How a sacred Dakota island was destroyed by Minneapolis' industrial ambitions

Spirit Island was once a prominent landmark of the downtown Minneapolis riverfront.
Joua Lee Grande at her home office in Minneapolis.

Will a Minneapolis filmmaker say yes to her spirit guides and become a Hmong shaman?

To help decide, Joua Lee Grande is doing what she does best: Making a documentary about it.
“Shaman Warrior” actresses Hannah Nguyen, Michelle de Joya, and Soudavone Khamvongsa mean business.

Come for the zombies, stay for the story at Theater Mu's latest play

Theater Mu's latest play uses horror and humor to address the legacy of war and colonialism.
Beth Seidl works on a ribbon shirt with help from regalia artist Fawn Youngbear-Tibbetts.

Minneapolis powwow celebrates belonging for Two Spirit, queer community

Two Spirit Powwow invites natives to dress and dance on their own terms.