Camp Rabideau is a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) site established as part of the “New Deal” in 1933 to help alleviate unemployment during the Depression. Located in Beltrami County, it operated until 1942. It later became a satellite campus for University of Illinois forestry and engineering students; a Native American learning center; and an educational center for Chippewa National Forest visitors.
An early settler-colonist in Wheeling Township (Rice County), Norwegian immigrant Halvor Quie is often remembered as a member of the Second Company of Minnesota Sharpshooters during the Civil War. He was instrumental in local religious and educational affairs and offered lasting support to St. Olaf College.
Cultural Society of Filipino Americans’ advertising flyer for Tagalog classes, 2019. Used with the permission of the Cultural Society of Filipino Americans of Minnesota.
Staff of the School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) demonstrating saree wrapping at the Beyond Bollywood exhibit opening at the Minnesota History Center, 2016.
Tabla (Indian drums) students performing at the Thirtieth Anniversary celebration of the School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) at Como High School. May, 2008
Students of the School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) celebrating Diwali (the autumn festival of lights celebrated by multiple Indian religious groups), 2015.