Land Acknowledgement and Beyond

We acknowledge that we live and work in Miní Sóta Makhóčhe (Minnesota), the homelands of the Dakota Oyate, and that our farmland is the ancestral territory of our Wahpekute and Mdewakanton neighbors. As a step toward reparations, the ministry and the owners of the farm pay a land tribute (equivalent to the current property tax) to Makoce Ikikcupi, a local indigenous organization dedicated to land recovery and cultural preservation.  We commit ourselves to learning the truth about the genocide and generational trauma that led to our 'ownership' of this land, and to working for justice and restoration.