Third Annual Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ Water Blessing

Name: Third Annual Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ Water Blessing
Start: 2025-10-13T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-13T11:00:00-05:00
Location: West Medicine Lake Park

Schedule

Mon Oct 13 2025 at 10:00 am to 11:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

West Medicine Lake Park | Plymouth, MN

On Monday October 13, please join us in honoring Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ (Bassett Creek). A water blessing will be offered by youth from the Native nonprofit Dream of Wild Health.
We’ll also celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day through song, land acknowledgment, and updates about the Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ / Bassett Creek Oral History Project. Indigenous participants will share ways to care for the lands and waters of Mni Sóta Makoce (Minnesota).
Using Dakota place names helps to honor the people who have lived here for thousands of years. Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ is the Dakota name for Bassett Creek.
· 10:00 – Meet at West Medicine Lake Park (1920 West Medicine Lake Drive, Plymouth, MN 55441). Rain or shine. Free and family friendly. Attendees may bring chairs, blankets, and water bottles.
Registration is optional.
Thank you to the funders including the Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission, City of Golden Valley Environmental Commission, Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, and Valley Community Presbyterian Church.
Thank you also to community partners including the City of Golden Valley DEI Commission, City of Minnetonka Historical Society, City of Plymouth, City of St. Louis Park, Golden Valley Historical Society, Minnesota Repair Communities, Plymouth History Center, Robbinsdale Historical Society, St. Louis Park Historical Society, and The Loppet.
Whóphida thaŋka (thank you!) to cultural advisors Bradley Blackhawk (Ho-Chunk), Darlene St. Clair (Dakota), Jim Rock (Dakota), and Roxanne Gould (Anishinaabe).
Photo by Sean Gosiewski