🌬️ Okáǧa Summer-Wind Celebration
Friday, August 1 | Battle Creek Park Pavilion
Join Minnesota Parks Artists-in-Residence Marlena Myles, Tanáǧidaŋ Tó Wiŋ (Tara Perron / Blue Hummingbird Woman) and special guests in welcoming the return of Okáǧa, the fertile and invigorating Dakota Summer-Wind of the South, with a powerful community celebration rooted in Dakota teachings and creative expression.
🌿 This is more than just an event, it's a gathering of revitalizing joy, cultural renewal and seasonal wisdom. Through music, movement, art and ancestral knowledge, we honor the winds of growth and transformation.
🎶 Schedule of Events
• 5:30 PM – Flute performance & courtship teachings with Dakota Wind Goodhouse
• 6:30 PM – Musical performance by the legendary Jackie Bird
• 7:30 PM – Dakota Plant Walk
🌀 Ongoing Activities:
• Counting Moons & Winters with The First Scout (except during the flute performance)
• Dakota Henna Stamps with Graci Horne
• Dakota Coloring Pages
• Augmented Reality Art
• Indigenous Summer Market
• Native Food Trucks: Tricksters Tacos, Steven D's, Frybread Factory and Yum Yum Truck
✨ Free & open to the public. All are welcome.
Bring your loved ones and celebrate the spirit of summer with us!
📍 Location:
2401 Upper Afton Rd E, Maplewood, MN 55119
(Tip: enter "Battle Creek Water Works" into your GPS for the correct parking lot)
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