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
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Public invitation
Invitation to interested persons to address the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission. Pre-register at
[email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.
Information
- Meet Metropolitan Council Chair Robin Hutcheson.
- Chair Hutcheson will drop in for an informal “meet and greet” the MPOSC Commissioners and Council Member Wulff
- Trail System Coordination Agency-Council Workgroup Update (pdf) (Zoey Mauck, 651-602-1398)
- Minnesota Parks Artist-in-Residence (MNPAiR) Program (pdf), Reporting on Year 1 Pilot and Preparing for Year 2 (Thony Thao, 651-602-1310 and Ellie Hohulin, 651-602-1053)
Reports
- Chair
- Committee Members
- Council Liaison
- Staff
Adjournment
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* Agenda item changed following initial publication