Native groups in Minnesota look to heal after fatal shootings
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[{'start': '1.330', 'end': '2.710', 'text': "The road to healing. -- I'm on what I call a healing journey led -- Angela to stars right here. -- Oh definitely -- right where she says she belongs. Healing is a big component of what I incorporate into my art. A Dakota Native American artist herself, Angela is the vice president of arts and culture at the Native American Community Development Institute. A space for preserving native culture, art, and offering support situated on Franklin Avenue in the same building as this coffee shop, bringing the community together. -- Art -- and culture, civic engagement, food sovereignty, having our spaces available for folks to be in community with each other. Through art is how Angela heals herself. And is hoping to help others. I know yesterday my heart was really hurting. Hurt and grief linger in South Minneapolis after a string of shootings took the lives of 5 people and hurt 2 others in just 24 hours. These are our relatives, and we hate to see our families hurting. We want an end to the violence in the community. And we want to support each other. A community collectively grieving and left to heal together as they look for strength in the coming days. Man, we are some beautiful people. That's something that I want our community to remember like while we go through these tragic times, well there is that strength and resilience that we have within us that our ancestors instilled in us and that will get us through and carry us through these hard times. Well, meanwhile today, a group known as American Indian Movement Twin Cities postponed a parade and celebration for the first day of American Indian Month. Instead they held a prayer ceremony for the 4 people killed in those shootings. I think our community has to come together and finally come up with some answers on what we're going to do to deal with this because it's gonna take all of us, and I know that we can do it, but right now it seems like our community has been divided. Well, Mike Forsha said his community is resilient and they will find a way to move forward."}]