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Moments of protest, celebration

Dec 29, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Aaron Nesheim

Sahan Journal became roommates with local mainstay St. Paul Neighborhood News earlier this year, and their large studio space has provided some unique opportunities for photography. Haitian dancer and instructor Djenane Saint Juste graciously agreed to carve out part of a Sunday afternoon this summer to stop by the studio and collaborate. Djenane’s dance skills and enthusiasm, combined with a bit of flash and in-camera trickery, added up to some of the most fun and unique photos of the whole year.
Fire destroys yurts at Camp Nenookaasi homeless encampment in Minneapolis; two injured

Feb 29, 2024 | sahanjournal.com | Aaron Nesheim |Katelyn Vue

A fire destroyed several yurts Thursday at the Camp Nenookaasi homeless encampment in south Minneapolis. The official city of Minneapolis account on X, formerly known as Twitter, confirmed the fire in a 12:43 p.m. post, and later noted that two people were treated on site for non-life threatening injuries. A Sahan Journal photographer at the scene reported shortly after 1 p.m. that the fire appeared to have been extinguished, and that only one yurt appeared to be partially standing.
Making hempcrete more accessible

Jan 8, 2024 | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Aaron Nesheim

This Monday Night Football Match-up will be one to watch as the Philadelphia Eagles face the Kansas City Chiefs...again. The two teams last met in Super Bowl LVII where the Chiefs were triumphant. Will the Chiefs get a second win or will the Eagles get the upset? Who are you cheering for tonight?
The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes

Jan 8, 2024 | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Aaron Nesheim

This Monday Night Football Match-up will be one to watch as the Philadelphia Eagles face the Kansas City Chiefs...again. The two teams last met in Super Bowl LVII where the Chiefs were triumphant. Will the Chiefs get a second win or will the Eagles get the upset? Who are you cheering for tonight?
Winning over skeptics: 'This could be the start of something big.'

Jan 8, 2024 | winonadailynews.com | Aaron Nesheim

Photo: Danny Desjarlais, the project manager for the hempcrete initiative, stands next to a newly built duplex made with the tribe's hempcrete. They began with a demo shed in September 2022, placed on a field where the tribe holds powwows, an annual celebration of music and dance. The kids used it as a concession stand to sell sodas and candies. The remaining skeptics all wanted their pictures taken next to it. "Once they saw it, they changed their minds," Desjarlais said.
The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes - so they are building them from hemp

Jan 8, 2024 | winonadailynews.com | Aaron Nesheim

For now, it's only a gaping hole in the ground, 100-by-100 feet, surrounded by farm machinery and bales of hemp on a sandy patch of earth on the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation in southwestern Minnesota. But when construction is complete next April, the Lower Sioux — also known as part of the Mdewakanton Band of Dakota — will have a 20,000-square-foot manufacturing campus that will allow them to pioneer a green experiment, the first of its kind in the United States.
'No one else is doing anything like this.'

Jan 8, 2024 | winonadailynews.com | Aaron Nesheim

Photo: Joey Goodthunder, whose primary job is growing the tribe's hemp, looks over the beginnings of a foundation for a building to house the Lower Sioux's processing equipment. Once the tribal council got on board three years ago, they cobbled together loans, government grants, and their own funds to earmark more than $6 million to build the first two prototype homes and the processing campus.
Making hempcrete more accessible

Jan 8, 2024 | winonadailynews.com | Aaron Nesheim

Now, they have two prototypes that are nearly done and know how to build or retrofit more. While learning how to make the houses, the construction team developed a niche eco-skill they can market off the reservation as well. "The idea of making homes that would last and be healthy was a no-brainer," said Robert "Deuce" Larsen, the tribal council president.
'No one else is doing anything like this.'

Jan 8, 2024 | wyomingnews.com | Aaron Nesheim

Grist takes a closer look at how the Lower Sioux reservation will soon have the only facilit…
A kaleidoscope of images

Dec 25, 2023 | sahanjournal.com | Aaron Nesheim

Sahan Journal photographer Aaron Nesheim chose these images as his top 10 photos of 2023:I met comedian Abenezer Merdassa on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis. We wandered the park looking for an engaging spot to take photos while discussing our favorite comedians. A patch of small yellow flowers presented itself, and the match with Abenezer’s Pittsburgh jersey seemed too good an opportunity to pass up.