September 28, 2021
‘Never Homeless Before 1492’
Author: Dan Ninham
Special to Indian Country Today
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Meander through the entrance to the Powwow Grounds coffee shop and past the office of the Native American Community Development Institute to find the All My Relations Art Gallery.
It’s located on the “Ave” — Franklin Avenue — in the heart of Minneapolis’ urban Indigenous community.
Inside the gallery, Courtney Cochran moves easily among painted boards lined up along the walls, as blank boards sit atop of tables waiting to be finished. She’...