Read how the Dakota have shaped the state here: The Land, Water, and Language of the Dakota, Minnesota’s First People  

Makxoche Washte, The Beautiful Country: A Lakota Landscape Map View the map here Rivers and streams are pinned at confluences. The only exception is the Mnishoshe (The Water-Astir; Missouri River), which is pinned at the mouth of that stream, which is the Gulf of Mexico; according to Blue Thunder, it is the Mississippi River which…

Enjoy this beginning resource for understanding more about the Dakota people’s relationship to Minnesota from the Minnesota Humanities Center. Try traveling the directions in a traditional way – East (We Are Home), South (Dakota Greeting), West Mnisota: A Dakota Place) and then North for the core of the site – the Memory Map.

Email resume and cover letter to Ruby Kinney (ruby@publicartstpaul.org) by Sunday, May 14, 2023 for consideration. Communications Intern June 5, 2023 – October 1, 2023 $1,500 stipend 15 hours/week Public Art Saint Paul Public Art Saint Paul is a private nonprofit that places artists in leading roles in our community to shape public spaces, improve city systems,…

Email resume and cover letter to Ruby Kinney (ruby@publicartstpaul.org) by Sunday, May 21, 2023 for consideration Festival Support Intern (multiple openings) June 5, 2023 – October 1, 2023 $1,500 stipend 15 hours/week Public Art Saint Paul Public Art Saint Paul is a private nonprofit that places artists in leading roles in our community to shape public…

We have a once-in-a-lifetime internship opportunity coming up! Join Public Art Saint Paul this summer as we present the Wakpa Triennial Art Festival: Festival Support Internship

Thank you to Christina Schmid for this this thoughtful reflection on Aaron Dysart’s Dance Hall To Go.     Ordinary Magic: Aaron Dysart’s Dance Hall To-Go By Christina Schmid When a global pandemic hit the United States in the spring of 2020, people started doing things: long unused, dusty sewing machines were put to use, and…

Public Art Saint Paul’s Distinguished Public Artists is a FREE annual event in which leaders in the field of public art share their practice, their work, and their vision for the field of public art. Along with Public Art Saint Paul, this event will be hosted by Sanjit Sethi, President of MCAD, and Laura Wertheim…

By Gwen Westerman Wakpa. The Dakota word for “river.” But it is more than a word. Wakpa is the source of life. Rivers carry our first medicine, mni, that can nourish and heal us. To be near a river can be soothing, and to hear the sounds of water flowing, sounds of water filling, sounds…

By Diane Wilson Dip a paddle into Ȟaȟáwakpa, the Mississippi River, and feel how effortlessly she guides a canoe downstream. Beneath the boat swim hundreds of named fish, eluding the river otters, ospreys, and humans casting for food. Gaze skyward in spring to see a river of birds following this flyway home. Their long journeys…