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A walk in prayer with indigenous peoples and youth, allies, water defenders and protectors,
around the sacred body of water known as Mde Maka Ska (White Earth Lake) for the annual Mde
Maka Ska: Four Sacred Directions Water Walk, 7 AM to 9 AM. Indigenous peoples, faith community, and
world allies will come together to respectfully call upon our relatives in the four directions to make sacred our first
annual Mni Ki Wakan (Water is Sacred): World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade Water Summit. Towards the West, North,
East, South, Above, and Mother Earth, we will call upon the best possible collective future for generations to come.
Afterwards, the Mni Ki Wakan (Water is Sacred) Canoe Paddle upon Mde Maka Ska which will follow at 9 AM to 3 PM, Thomas Beach. Your presence there will emit a resounding story to the world about the resurgent relationship with the sacredness of water and for generations to come as we show our gratitude for 25 indigenous and non-indigenous paddlers.
Join us as we skip ahead to the northern end of the chain of lakes to await the paddlers with a special lunch of sacred food. Afterwards, we will circle back to close the sacred gathering in the spirit of and preparation for the Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade of Water Summit which will commence on August 1st and 2nd.
More Information
Wakinyan LaPointe [email protected] 612.979.5762
Register NOW online by JULY 21STmnikiwakan.org/register
MNI KI WAKAN: WORLD INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DECADE OF WATER SUMMIT
AUGUST 1ST: 8 AMAUGUST 2ND: 7:30 AM
First Universalist Church3400 Dupont Ave SouthMinneapolis, MN 55408USA
Come and join like-minded and spirited peoples who proactively engage in an intimate relationship with the sacredness of water in this inaugural summit.
PRE-SUMMIT EVENTS:
Monday, July 31st7 AM-3 PM:
Mde Maka Ska: White Earth LakeSouth Thomas Beach3700 Thomas Ave. SMinneapolis, MN 55410
Across the world’s vast regions of rainforests, deserts, mountains, oceans, lakes, and river ways, flowing below ground and above, the vision of the Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples Decade of Water Summit seeks to co-create a collective indigenous-designed map and transformative world agenda for the future. The 10-year international indigenous water summit will bring and elevate the collective wisdom, intelligence, and futurities of indigenous peoples in the world narrative.
The Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade of Water Summit is an indigenous youth-centered and indigenous peoples-oriented call for continued and deepened action. The summit will convene indigenous peoples and allies upon a vital island of collective intelligence to explore and find innovative ways to be more available to each other. Even to expand our ability to dream each other’s dreams. It is imperative we also experience each other’s biographies as a powerful antidote to the crisis of our current time. As a collective-oriented people the world over, we must rescale our intimacy to planetary proportions.
We see a supportive summit of intergenerational peoples who protect water and value the rights of human beings and all of creation. People who seek to restore the life and vitality of fresh and clean water. We see a summit that is intimate, meaningful, and useful to anyone who participates. We see an inclusive and interactive summit that is respectfully designed to support the gifts and voices of indigenous peoples. We envision sessions that transcend conventional conversational barriers, and a higher-level coherence that will make new sense out of our collective experience. At the end of each summit session, we see a newfound power of participant realizations, conclusions, and plans being equally offered.
Food and shuttles provided for water summit. Rooms at reduced cost provided, call: 612 979 5762 or [email protected] for more information by July 21st.
