Native American artist shares Ojibwe culture, inspirational messages with middle school students

As he enjoyed his lunch while visiting social studies classes at Winona Middle School last week, Native American artist and craftsman Dick Mindykowski couldn’t help but notice sixth-grader Tori Thompson on the playground playing basketball.

“I think you missed every shot you took,” he told her later, in front of the whole class. “But you kept shooting them.”

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