Honoring Dakota Mural

The image is the rough draft of the Honoring Dakota mural concept. It follows this project's theme of Mitakuye Owasin & the importance of relationships. Each section of the mural depicts local relatives in their natural environments. The sections are divided by a sweetgrass braid and a red willow twist with local wildflowers and medicines intertwined. The white “Dakota floral” designs are placeholders. Cole Redhorse Taylor will design these. Each section will have additional details.

The Honoring Dakota Mural will be painted on the City of Red Wing building located at West 3rd and Bluff Streets during the month of September. This location, right off the Eisenhower Bridge of Valor at the entrance of our community, and with He Mni Can- Barn Bluff in close proximity, is a wonderful place to celebrate and honor the Dakota people and their contribution to our community. We have taken into consideration the best means, methods and materials to ensure the longevity of the mural. The artists, Jeremy Fields and Collins Provost were chosen by Prairie Island Indian Community. The Honoring Dakota Mural is a gift from the Red Wing community to our Dakota relatives. 

The mural creation portion of this project is the capstone of the first phase of The Honoring Dakota Project, which was conceived in 2020 and launched in October 2022.  This project aims to lift, honor, and celebrate Prairie Island and our Dakota relatives and the positive future we see for the Dakota and Red Wing communities. The Honoring Dakota Project invites the broader community to embrace a fundamental Dakota understanding: “Mitakuye Owasin” - We are all related. It is a rare and precious opportunity to practice proper representation and inclusion - two communities within a larger community working to address and repair personal, interpersonal, and historical trauma.   

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