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The Kwe Pack is an Indigenous Women’s running group that was created to promote healthy lifestyles of its members by running, racing, socializing and volunteer activities.
01/08/2021
Fond du Lac incredible baddie Alexandera Houchin wins!
https://bikepacking.com/news/alexandera-houchin-2021-colorado-trail-race/?fbclid=IwAR38dkUgN59pnKKsKFg2EDREaJaJ36HUATD3eaoUOFjDk_33nlg7jtIT5cA
Alexandera Houchin Women's 1st 2021 Colorado Trail Race - BIKEPACKING.com A big congrats goes out to Alexandera Houchin for becoming the first woman to cross the finish line in the 2021 Colorado Trail Race... on a singlespeed!
07/06/2021
It is possible to create and hold space between each other. That’s what we all have missed during the COVID isolation. So great to be together again!
18/05/2021
8 years ago our first race as a group!!
05/05/2021
Today is the National Day of Awareness for our MMIW. We all play a role in this work. The KwePack serves as a space to build up and keep Indigenous women strong. I couldn’t be more proud than to be in community with these ultra amazing women. KwePack
28/04/2021
Miigwech to the MN Conservation Mag for this interview with members about the power of running with community and their experiences with the kwepack.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/issues/2021/may-jun/running.html
The MCV Q&A: Running Trails, Finding Power | May–June 2021 | Minnesota Conservation Volunteer DNR RESPONSE TO COVID-19: For details on adjustments to DNR services, visit this webpage. For information on the state’s response, visit the Minnesota COVID response webpage.
26/03/2021
features the work of to highlight and community efforts to combat it. We joined with our community to honor these survivors and stand for each other. 💪🏾💪🏾🤎🤎
Read the whole issue at: https://www.womenspress.com/past-issues/
11/03/2021
New article by ultra cyclist Alexandera Houching, Fond du Lac record holder and vulnerable strong kwe.
https://theradavist.com/2021/03/mewinzha/
Mewinzha – Alexandera Houchin Blow up a balloon, it’s full. Shiny even. More than anything, the balloon reveals your reflection in her taught, shiny facade. You look past the balloon; the balloon reveals your likeness. The balloon deflated is stretched, wrinkled. Useless. It’s fulfilled it’s purpose. Sometimes, most of t...
17/01/2021
We have been FAT TIRE BIKING with Ditibise bad ass Alexandera Houchin! Whoop whoop! What’s your new adventure this winter??
17/01/2021
100k challenge and we are still at it! What are your goals for this new year??
It was our Oprahnniversary this week!!
22/11/2020
We are excited to announce Winter Count 2020, a virtual organized by Red Earth Running Company. Winter Count 2020 will be hosted from December 21-27. This virtual run coincides with the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere. It marks a seasonal shift when we will start to see more sunlight.
Winter Count is inspired by our relatives from the Northern Plains. It is a nod to winter counts, which are time honored tools used by Native families and communities to record significant events that happen throughout a year. This year is significant. We organized Winter Count to gather (virtually), run, and mark this moment together.
5k, 10k, and 1/2 marathon options available. Registration limited to 300 runners.
Link to register: https://runsignup.com/wintercount
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19/11/2020
Print this for your fridge, save to your phone, share with your networks, or track however you do!
On New Year's Day Heartberry.com will do a drawing for a prize!
29/10/2020
Heart Berry The future generation is held safely on our cradleboard pin! The original baby carrier, the dikinaagan, or cradleboard comes from a time when children were kept close and part of everyday life. Adorned with care and beauty, the dikinaagan and its bag remain a prized possession that's passed on from....
Amazing Indigenous Runner Angie Hirsch featured in the Mill City Ad! Nice work Angie!
13/10/2020
Happy Indigenous People’s Day from the Kwepack. Today and every day.
11/10/2020
Indigenous Running Warrior Challenge Sept 2020
05/10/2020
this is the most beautiful time of year in Northern MN! We are working hard to stay healthy and sane 😂
We hope you are too! 🧡💪🏾
30/09/2020
Life has changed. We are still at it. We did a second mileage challenge this month with the KidneyKeepers, another Native running group. This has been a great way to push ourselves forward during such a challenging time.
28/08/2020
Kwepack doing what kwepack do! We hope you’re staying steady and safe and sane during this very unsure time and transitions. Our heart to yours.🍓🤎
08/08/2020
The Healing Circle Run 2020 is a prayer for healing. It is an opportunity to come together (virtually) to pray for healing for ourselves, our families, our communities, our nation, Aki and all our relatives. Although this year was different, the KwePack is honored to be a part of this strong community. Miigwech to GLIFWC and their partners for organizing this every year. We will all be back next year running across our homelands together.
31/07/2020
Really excited to hear kwepack stories. Miigwech StoryCorps!
https://opportunityrising.org/opportunity-rising-our-stories/
Opportunity Rising | Our Stories - Opportunity Rising Our Stories Sharing brings us closer To break down barriers, we must understand one another. And to do that, we must get to know one another. The following StoryCorps recordings feature people from across the Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin region. In each 3-minute story, friends or family...
15/07/2020
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/native-american-women-found-strength-heal-running-protecting-64279835
Throwback to our Good Morning America Interview 💪🏾💪🏾 Good Morning America
How these Native American women found the strength to heal through running Sarah Agaton Howes formed KwePack, a running group at Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota, but it's grown into a space for Native American women to heal and show strength.
04/07/2020
Flashback Friday to our interview with Good Morning America last year!
21/06/2020
Our second isolation event of the year! KweRUNtine too!! Grandma's weekend is a special weekend for so many of us. It was very hard not to be together but lots of folks got out and made some memories.
04/06/2020
We all WANT to do SOMETHING.
Miigwech to our friends, family, networks, the KwePack was able to gather $1073 yesterday! One our members hit the store armed with a list of needs for folks on the ground and deliver direct in MPLS. We see you community!
01/06/2020
“I can’t breath”
The KwePack stands together in support of the communities we love striving for justice.
17/05/2020
Our ancestors dreamed us up as strong.
16/05/2020
Every year for eight years the kwepack does a spring race together. Due to the covid our race was canceled. Valuing our community-we will all be running but with our in-home families or at a distance in duos.
Bittersweet as it is, we are grateful to be healthy enough to run.
Grateful for our ancestors for seeing us to this day. Grateful for each other and knowing we will run as a pack again someday.
If you see these kwewag out please cheer and honk for them tomorrow.
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