Meetings & Events

Dakota people have gathered medicinal plants from the banks of the Mississippi River for thousands of years. Join us for a panel presentation with Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ (Blue Hummingbird Woman or Tara Perron) and her family members to hear about their relationships with the river and Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ (Bassett Creek). Gather at the Stormwater Park and Learning Center. (2522 Marshall St NE, Minneapolis). Learn more and register (pay-as-you-can) here.

The BCWMC Technical Advisory Committee will meet Friday, May 2 at 12:30 p.m. in the Medicine Lake Room at Plymouth City Hall (3400 Plymouth Blvd.). Please contact laura.jester@keystonewaters.com for further information or meeting materials.

Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls) has been a place of profound spiritual and cultural significance for Dakota and other Indigenous people for countless generations, yet most people raised in Minnesota know nothing of this long history. Valley Community Presbyterian Church (VCPC) invites you to join Barry Hand, Owámniyomni Okhódayapi program director, for a 60-minute guided site visit of the Falls and the Upper Lock. Learn about Dakota lifeways, the significance of the River, and the Mní Sóta Dakota Tribes’ vision for cultural and environmental restoration. Tour is appropriate for all ages! Learn more and register here.