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Beyond the Skyline: Q&A with Sam Olbekson

Architect Sam Olbekson designs from an Indigenous perspective

Indigenous Design Camp builds up future architects

– ICT, August 22, 2025

This Minneapolis Indigenous Design Camp for teens is the first of its kind in the U.S.

– Alex V. Cipolle, MPR News, July 31, 2024 12:25 PM

Dakota community leads reclamation of land near St. Anthony Falls for traditional use

– Star Tribune, Susan Du, July 9, 2024

What It’s Like for Indigenous Architects to Practice Today: Indigenous architects on finding creative ways to make the most impact

– Archpaper, Diana Budds, July 3, 2024

Sam Olbekson, The architect is leading a major renovation at the 46-year-old Minneapolis American Indian Center

– Minneapolis St Paul, February 27, 2024

Interview: Sam Olbekson, president, AIA Minnesota

– Finance & Commerce, January 27, 2023

Mino-Bimaadiziwin Apartments: The story of a new community complex in the American Indian Cultural Corridor in Minneapolis

– Enter, July 20, 2023

Rachel Dorothy Tanur Memorial Lecture: Sam Olbekson, “Culture, Community, and Environmental Justice in Contemporary Indigenous Design”

– Harvard University Graduate School of Design, March 30, 2022

Shaping Contemporary Indigenous Design: An interview with Sam Olbekson

– Harvard University Graduate School of Design, March 28, 2022

Building the future: designing indigenous architecture

– MODUS, RICS, June, 29 2022

'Our environment shapes us': Ojibwe architect Sam Olbekson designs from an Indigenous perspective

– Amanda Su, ABE News, November 19, 2022

Sam Olbekson Is Decolonizing Design, One Building at a Time

– Architectural Digest, November 24, 2022

Letter to the Editor: Minneapolis’s Sam Olbekson on building a just community

– Arch Daily, August 09, 2021

"Architecture is Vital to Native Culture": Sam Olbekson on Indigenous Design and Social Justice

– Sam Olbekson, The Architect’s Newspaper, June 9, 2020

Sam Olbekson, an Ojibwe from Minneapolis, is the architect of the American Indian Cultural Corridor

– Neal St. Anthony, StarTribune, November 3, 2019

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