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Volunteer tree planting

On May 6th, 12 volunteers from the Mountain Lake Repair Community were joined by 10 student volunteers from St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN). They planted over 200 fruit and nut trees at Hohwozu Otunwe (Village of Vibrant Growth). The students learned about Makoce Ikikcupi in a class where our executive director, Waziyatawin, did a Zoom presentation. They were inspired by her words and made Hohwozu Otunwe and the tree planting their class project. We are grateful to all of the volunteers that help bring our dream to life!

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Our New Village

In December 2022, Makoce Ikikcupi closed on another property, this one in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. The land purchase (approximately 20 acres) was made possible through the generous donation of land by Steve and Judy Harder and through monetary contributions from the Mountain Lake Repair Community that paid for the land parcel holding a large building onsite including a marketplace, kitchen, food storage, a large underground water cistern, and climate battery greenhouse. The Harders previously developed an organic farm, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), as well as a small cafe and marketplace. Our hope is that we can turn this into a…

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Supporting Dakota Land Justice zine

We are excited to share with you all “Supporting Dakota Land Justice”, an original zine created for us by Gabriela Ines Diaz (CHamoru & Pohnpeian) and printed/ assembled by Vital Print Press! Supporting Dakota Land Justice (zine) visuals, design & text by Gabriela Ines Diaz. Like us on Facebook for more updates. Our zine and its creator, Gabriela, were featured in The Circle news “Zine inspired by global Indigenous sovereignty movements”

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