Teacher and Community Resources
Learn about Dakota culture through these Dakota Plant Medicines, Waterways, and Winters digital stories below. These stories, developed with support from the City of St. Paul and Capitol Region Watershed District, share the deep wisdom in the lifeways of Dakota people that can inform better relationships with our lands and waters.
Plant Medicine Stories
Dakota Waterway Stories
Dakota Winter Stories
To download a pdf of this digital story, click here.
To learn how to pronounce the winter months of the year, check out this resource created by Dakota language teacher Čhaŋtémaza, Neil Mckay
Learn More
To learn more about the relationship the Dakota people have with the land, water, and our more-than-human kin of Mní Sota, check out these resources:
Dakota Spirit Walk at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary developed by Dakota artist Marlena Myles
Our Home: Native Minnesota - a permanent exhibit at the Minnesota History Center
For other fun ways to connect with the green spaces throughout St. Paul, visit www.stpaul.gov/exploreoutdoors
To learn more about Capitol Region Watershed District and work being done to protect and clean water, visit www.capitolregionwd.org
