Sacred Spring Full Moon Walk
to Coldwater Spring
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Gather at 7 PM, south end of Minnehaha Park

Honest to Earth–this is something to celebrate!
First ever Full Moon Walk to Coldwater Spring–no more locked gates at
Coldwater. The security contract was not renewed. The gates will be open
24/7.

Traditional group howl!

Directions: From Hwy 55/Hiawatha in south Minneapolis, turn East (toward the
Mississippi) at 54th Street and circle around to your left into the pay
parking lot (dog walkers lot).

Sunset 6:29 PM-Moonrise 6:04 PM
Info: www.FriendsofColdwater.org

The membership meeting is this Tuesday Sept 30, 08 at 7:00.

If you can bring a snack to pass.

Sharon

The House rejected the bailout bill this afternoon.  Stay tuned.

Dakota County, Minnesota

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Dakota County, Minnesota
Map
Location in the state of Minnesota
Minnesota’s location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	October 27, 1849 [1]
Seat	Hastings
Largest city	Eagan
Area - Total - Land - Water	586 sq mi (1,519 km²) 570 sq mi (1,475 km²) 17 sq mi (43 km²), 2.86%
Population - (2000) - Density	355,904 625/sq mi (241/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website: www.dakotacounty.us
Named for: Named after the Dakota people.

Dakota County is the third most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is bordered by the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers on the north, and the state of Wisconsin on the east. Dakota County comprises the southeast portion of seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States with about 3.2 million residents. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population of Dakota County at 388,001 in 2006.^[1] The county seat is Hastings^[2].

The county is home to historical events at Mendota that defined the state’s future which included providing materials for the construction of Fort Snelling across the river and the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux which ceded land from native Dakota for the Minnesota Territory. The county’s history was initially tied to the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, both strategically important for United States expansion and as the convergence of the Dakota and Anishinaabe nations who regarded the site as sacred. Influence shifted westward during the post World War II settlement boom when Interstate 35 connected the western half of the county to Minneapolis and Saint Paul and bedroom communities grew. Today, Dakota County has a population that rivals the city of Minneapolis. Most earn their living outside the county but like many metro counties is continuing to absorb more industry and jobs from the core cities.^[3][4]

Dakota is named after the Dakota (or Sioux) Native Americans who were the previous predominant settlers of the area.^[3] The name is recorded Dakotah in older U.S. Census records until 1851.^[5]

We have had 45,000 hits to our site. If you would like to do some advertising on our site please call the office. There would be a fee depending how large your ad is 651-452-4141. Pidamaya!

If anyone wants to buy my maple butter, please email me at shar5717@yahoo.com

I have not come up with a price yet, just want to know if there is a interest.

Sharon

The 3M Foundation is once again sponsoring The Raptor Center’s Fall Raptor Release. This year’s event is in celebration of 3M Cottage Grove Center’s 60th Anniversary.

When:                Saturday, Sept. 27
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Releases at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Where:        Carpenter Nature Center
12805 St. Croix Trail, Hastings, Minn.
Carpenter Nature Center is located on County Road 21 (St. Croix Trail), 1.5 miles north of Highway 10
http://www.carpenternaturecenter.org/mapto.htm

The event is free.

Participants can:

• Watch in awe as raptors are returned to the wild.
• Observe and photograph The Raptor Center’s eagles, falcons, hawks, and owls up close and personal.
• Listen to music by Dean Magraw.
• Participate in children’s activities and educational displays throughout the day.
• Learn more about 3M Cottage Grove’s environmental conservation efforts and on-site wildlife habitat, including peregrine falcons.

Please note that pets are not allowed at the event.

It’s a great way to enjoy a fall day!

Oceti Sakowin meeting are this weekend at the Mendota Office. Office is 651-452-4141.

1324 Sibley Memorial Hwy, Mendota MN 55150.

Starts at 6:00 on Friday. Bring a dish if you can.

At the meeting on Friday we will let you know about Sat, and Sun hours.

Sharon

Mdewakanton

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Mdewakantonwan (singular: Mdewakanton) are one of the sub-tribes of the Isanti (Santee) Dakota (Sioux). Their ancestral home is Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota, which in the Dakota language was called mde wakan (mystic/spiritual lake).

The Mdewakanton are no longer a single unified Tribe but all their successors inherent ensure their Mdewakanton components survive within their respective communities. In the United States, the Mdewakanton survive in part on the Santee, Flandreau, Sisseton-Wahpehton, and Upper Sioux reservations as Dakota, and on the Mille Lacs Reservation as Ojibwe; in Canada, the Mdewakanton survives as part of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. Mdewakanton-only communities are Lower Sioux, Shakopee-Mdewakanton and the Prairie Island Indian Community in the United States. The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community is a non-federally recognized Tribe who are currently petitioning the US Department of the Interior for recognition.

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Just a reminder the Mankato Pow Wow is this weekend. Sept 19th to the 21th.

Hope to see you there. Sharon

Please join us on
Tuesday Sept 9, at 6:30 pm
at MMDC
for a presentation of Sami Culture.

Our guests will give us a yoik (singing unique to their culture) performance, bring a traveling handicraft exhibition and talk about efforts made for Sami language revitalization, as well as share some of their own experiences.

Learn about this fascinating, ancient, and indigenous European Culture.

The evening will include a pot-luck dinner.
Please bring a dish to share if you can.
The Gaup’s are wonderful people. We meet Ante Mikkel Gaup the papa, Lena Susanne, Lars Ailu, and Sara Marielle, his  adult children. They yoiked for us, that was beautiful. Ante and Lars showed us they put up there lavvu, it is like our Teepees. They made handicrafts made out of reindeer bone, antler, leather, and other things found in the arctic nature.

Sept 16,08.
A week later we had a Inipi with Ante, and a few Saami that live in the area. The Inipi was so beautiful, there were 3 languages. Dakota, Sami, Mexica, but we all felt like ONE. We had a feast, talked, and we all left around 12:45 AM.