In this post:
- Stand with Fond du Lac, oppose PolyMet
- U.S. Interior Department proposes Tribal co-management of federal lands
- Financial support requests for restoration of Dakota sacred site, mutual aid
Wakan Tipi Center
MN Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives has first director, and other news
In this post:
- MN Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives has first director
- Tribes can prosecute non-tribal members for sexual violence on reservation land under new federal law
- Plans for Wakan Tipi Center moving forward
- CUAPB: Minneapolis eviction of homeless encampment mirrors no-knock warrant
- Rapid City hotel owner wants to bar Native Americans after shooting
- Virginia: Monacan Indian Nation wins pipeline battle
Support: Rebuilding MIGIZI, Native Lives Matter Youth Alliance, and more
In this blog:
- Help MIGIZI rebuild after fire
- Native Lives Matter Youth Alliance holding march Saturday against police brutality
- Support clean drinking water for Fond du Lac (a must read)
- Lower Phalen Creek Project asks for help to get Wakan Tipi Center into special session bonding bill
Dakota Gathering at Fort Snelling Friday-Saturday; Coldwater Spring Management Plan Open for Public Comment
This Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4, will be the third annual Dakota Gathering at Fort Snelling at Bdote.
The Gathering will be a commemoration and a celebration. May 4th marks the anniversary of the Dakota exile from their homeland following the Dakota-U.S. War of 1863, likely the most tragic day in Dakota history. Women, children and elder Dakota were forced onto steamships, sent down the Mississippi, up the Missouri River, and dropped off at Crow Creek, a desolate reservation in the Dakota Territory.
The title for this year’s Gathering is: Dakhóta Omníčiye: Thokátakiya máni pi (Dakhóta Gathering: Keep Moving Forward). According to the website, the event will “mark our return & assert our continued presence on this sacred land where the rivers meet, we invite all Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Oyáte to return home, unify in peace, and share community knowledge, teachings, and stories with one another.
Events are free and open to the public. Continue reading
News and Events: New Study on Impact of Indian Child Removal, Lorenz to Lead Wakan Tipi Center, Native-Themed Video Game, and More
In this blog:
- First Comprehensive Study on Removal of Native Children from their Families
- Maggie Lorenz Hired to Lead Wakan Tipi Center in St. Paul
- “Why Treaties Matter” Community Conversation at East Side Freedom Library April 28
- New Decision-Based Video Games Set in the Late 1800s Flips the Script, Takes the Indigenous Perspective
- Why White Women Tried to Ban Native American Dances
News and Events: Wakan Tipi Day at the Capitol; “Beyond Historical Trauma” Training; Tiwahe Foundation Names New CEO
The Minnesota State Legislature will go back into session on Tuesday, Feb. 20, and here’s an action item to put on your calendar.
The Lower Phalen Creek Project is organizing a Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 14, to rally support for $3M in state bonding funds to design and build the Wakan Tipi Center. It will be an environmental and cultural interpretive center at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary. It is named for the Dakota spiritual site, Wakan Tipi Cave at the Sanctuary.
Bond funding in 2018 will be the decisive step towards making the Wakan Tipi Center a reality! Organizers are trying to get 250+ people to attend. The day starts at 7:30 a.m. at the Minnesota History Center with a celebration and training, followed by visits with your legislators starting at 9 a.m.. The event concludes at 1 p.m.. Organizers will provide training, so that even if this is your very first time talking to your elected officials, you will be prepared. You will also be accompanied by other supporters.
For more background information click here.
To register to attend, click here and select “Wakan Tipi Day Advocate.” Continue reading
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