GMWO

What is the Glacial Minnesota Woman Organization (GMWO)?

Who We Are

Formed in 2014, the Glacial Minnesota Woman Organization (GMWO) is a nonprofit group (501c3 status pending) endeavoring to increase knowledge, and expand awareness, of Minnesota Woman and her story. The GMWO Exploratory Committee consisted of nearly a dozen Pelican Rapids/Otter Tail County residents and civic leaders with a strong interest in bringing this story to light.

The Exploratory Committee has been replaced by a GMWO Steering Committee. As the story of Nimuué is increasingly understood and publicized, GMWO is formulating committees in such areas as education, public relations, fund raising, memorial site and displays. It is hoped that someday an interpretive center will be located at the site near where sunlight once again, after thousands of years, touched Minnesota Woman/Nimuué on a warm summer day in 1931. It would be designed to attract and educate students from area schools, as well as visitors to the Pelican Rapids/Otter Tail County area, and, just as importantly, residents who wish to know more about this intriguing chapter in their community’s story.