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 October 2, 2025, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission minutes
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
- Parks Ambassador and Art + Policy Program Updates (Thony Thao, Ellie Hohulin, Erika Herrmann)
- Parks Equity Tool Refresh (Ismael Ramirez and Magdelyn Herzig)
- MPOSC: Looking back on 2025 and Celebrating
Reports
- Chair
- Committee Members
- Council Liaison
- Staff
Adjournment
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* Agenda item changed following initial publication