Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
The Metropolitan Council acknowledges that the land we currently call Minnesota and specifically the seven-county region is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota Oyate who are present and active contributors to our thriving region. As part of the Metropolitan Council’s commitment to address the unresolved legacy of genocide, dispossession, and settler colonialism and the fact that government institutions, including the Metropolitan Council, benefitted economically, politically, and institutionally after the forceable removal of the Dakota Oyate, the Metropolitan Council is dedicated to instilling Land, Water, and People Commitments in regional policy. These commitments support the Dakota Oyate, the eleven federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota, Ho-Chunk Nation, and the American Indian Communities representing over 150 diverse Tribal Nations that call the seven-county region home.
Call to order
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of September 9, 2026 Special Management Committee minutes
Non-consent business
- 2026-163: 2026 Policy Update: Government-to-Government Tribal Relationship Policy (Sam O'Connell, Allison Waukau, Gillian Greenberg)
- 2026-133: Labor Agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Local 1005 (Cassy Fogale)
Information
- None.
Adjournment
Additional notes:
Key:
SW: Action taken by the Council and Committee the same week
* Agenda item changed following initial publication