Wisconsin cherry orchard offers taste of home for immigrant families
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'Finndian?' 'Swanishinaabe?' Some Native people in northern Minn. reconnect with their Scandinavian roots
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Thousands of Minnesotans identify as both Native American and white, including some who have recently reconnected with their Scandinavian ancestry in surprising ways.
Other Native people in northern Minnesota who have reconnected with their Scandinavian roots have discovered similar parallels between cultures. Finnish people revere the sauna, for example, while Ojibwe people have the sweat lodge.
They’re both spiritual, in different ways, said Arne Vainio, a well-known physician on the Fond du Lac reservation, who takes an hours-long sauna every Saturday morning.
Vainio, 63, grew up north of the Iron Range, the son of a Finnish father and an Ojibwe mother who owned a bar in the tiny town of Sturgeon. | |
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'Like medicine from God': Wisconsin cherry orchard offers taste of home for immigrant families
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On a single day each summer, dozens take a trip to the orchard to fill multiple, construction-sized buckets with the glossy, red fruit. Kids abandon half-filled pails to run in the tall grass. And languages from all over the world echo through tidy rows of trees, occasionally breaking into English to share recipes.
“So we do a drink. It's called vișinată, because in Romanian the name of the sour cherry is called vișină,” said Nick Grigore, who now lives in Lino Lakes, Minn. “We put it in a big glass jar and put [in] some sugar, and we let it to sit for awhile in the sun. And the juice will come out and we put some alcohol in there. It's for the winter — Thanksgiving, Christmas, things like that.” | |
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Creating a safe space for Black bodies on bikes
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“Black bodies in motion are the ultimate expression of freedom,” says Slow Roll MSP founder Anthony Taylor.
On Tuesday, Slow Roll MSP held a group bicycle ride through south Minneapolis, one in a series they are hosting throughout the summer. According to Taylor, Slow Roll MSP aims to help people reconnect to their communities and create a safe space for Black bodies on bikes.
Before each ride begins, Slow Roll MSP mechanics provide on-site safety checks to ensure each rider’s bike is functioning properly. Loaner bikes are also available for community members to ride, free of charge. | |
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