Events from October 22, 2024 – January 24 – Wiyounkihipi Productions | We Are Capable https://wiyounkihipi.com (Dakota publishing company) Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:06:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://wiyounkihipi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-wiyounkihipi-productions-facebook-2-32x32.jpg Events from October 22, 2024 – January 24 – Wiyounkihipi Productions | We Are Capable https://wiyounkihipi.com 32 32 185958810 2026 Okaga Summer-Wind Celebration https://wiyounkihipi.com/event/2026-okaga-summer-wind-celebration/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://wiyounkihipi.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1593

Join us for:

Schedule

  • 5:30 PM • Flute Performance & Courtship Teachings with Dakota Wind Goodhouse
  • 6:30 PM • Dakota Text – An Ella Deloria Puppet Rendition by Graci
  • 7:00 PM • Hoop Dance Performance with Micco (Sampson Bros.)
  • 8:00 PM • Dakota Plant Walk with Tanáǧidaŋ Tó Wiŋ & Dawi Westerman

Activities Throughout the Evening:
• Plant Medicine Stamps with Sydney Ockenga
• Augmented Reality Art with Marlena Myles
• Animal Relatives with Tamarack Nature Center
• Pow Wow Grounds’ Frybread Factory Food Truck
• Dakota Coloring Pages
• Indigenous Summer Market

All ages and backgrounds are welcome. FREE

2026 Okáǧa Summer-Wind Celebration

Friday, July 24, 2026 | 5:00–9:00 PM
Battle Creek Park Pavilion
2401 Upper Afton Rd E, Maplewood, MN 55119
Join us as we welcome the return of Okáǧa, the fertile and invigorating Dakota Summer-Wind of the South, with an evening of Dakota teachings, contemporary Indigenous artistry, music, and community.
More than just an event, the Okáǧa Summer-Wind Celebration is a gathering that honors the winds of growth, creativity, and transformation. Through song, dance, storytelling, art, and relationships with the natural world, we’ll celebrate the living traditions of Dakota culture while creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds to learn together.
Hosted by Marlena Myles and Tanáǧidaŋ Tó Wiŋ (Blue Hummingbird Woman), with special guests and community partners.
Come spend a summer evening in community, celebrate Indigenous creativity, and experience the teachings of Okáǧa through music, art, plants, stories, and the winds that connect us all. In partnership with Ramsey County Parks and Recreation~
We look forward to seeing you there!

]]> 1593 The Story Lodge: An Indigenous Literary & Book Fair https://wiyounkihipi.com/event/the-story-lodge-an-indigenous-literary-book-fair/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://wiyounkihipi.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1686

Join us for:

📅 Saturday, August 1, 2026
🕚 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center
788 East 7th Street
Saint Paul, MN 55106

Wíyouŋkihipi Productions is excited to be one of the featured Indigenous publishers at The Story Lodge: An Indigenous Literary & Book Fair, presented by The Dreaded Hidatsa and Mashkiki Studios.

The Story Lodge is a gathering dedicated to Indigenous stories, books, language, publishing, art, and community. It brings together Indigenous authors, publishers, bookstores, poets, artists, educators, literary organizations, and book lovers for a day of celebrating Indigenous creativity and storytelling.

This year’s theme, Máagada Aru Óodi Mirísh (“When the Berries Ripen Moon” in Hidatsa), honors August as a season of gathering, abundance, story, and community.

Visitors can stop by the Wíyouŋkihipi Productions table to explore Dakota books, children’s books, zines, literary artwork, and other publications that celebrate Dakota language, culture, and contemporary Indigenous creativity.

Throughout the day, attendees can enjoy author panels, poetry and spoken word, short story readings, children’s story time, workshops, book signings, bookish goods, press opportunities, and more.

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