Meetings & Events

On Monday October 14 at Bassett Creek Park in Crystal (5609 32nd Avenue North, Crystal, MN 55422), please join the Hennepin History Museum in honoring Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ (Bassett Creek). Dakota author Diane Wilson will extend a special welcome to participants. A water blessing will be offered by Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ / Blue Hummingbird Woman (Tara Perron), who is a Dakota and Ojibwe mother, writer, and entrepreneur.

We’ll also celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day through song, land acknowledgment, and updates about the Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ / Bassett Creek Oral History Project. Indigenous participants will share ways to care for the lands and waters of Mni Sóta Makoce (Minnesota). Learn more at www.hennepinhistory.org/event/second-annual-haha-wakpadan-water-blessing/.

The BCWMC will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday October 17th in the Council Conference Room at Golden Valley City Hall (7800 Golden Valley Road). Meeting agenda and materials are available HERE approximately one week prior to the meeting.

The Metro Watershed group will hold its quarterly meeting on October 15th starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Capitol Region Watershed District office at 595 Aldine St, St Paul, MN. Contact laura.jester@keystonewaters.com for more information or meeting materials.