“Wakpa” is Dakota for “river.”
Even before the Dakota were on this land, there was the river. Many rivers, but one superior to all others: Ȟaȟáwakpa. White people called it the Mississippi River.
The inaugural Wakpa Triennial Art Festival takes place June 24 through September 16, 2023, throughout Minnesota’s Twin Cities, the state capital of St. Paul side-by-side with its big brother Minneapolis. Ȟaȟáwakpa winds through them both.
The river makes as good a place as any to start thinking about the event.
The father of rivers shares a story common across the continent with thousands of its offspring. Native people used these waterways
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