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Spring 2018 Newsletter
Celebrating an Ongoing Commitment to Justice By Waziyatawin, Executive Director Greetings from the Governing Council of Makoke Ikikcupi (Land Recovery)! We know this update has been a long time...
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We Need Your Support
Dear Supporters, We are appealing to you to request your help passing legislation that would exempt Indigenous building practices from the State of Minnesota’s building codes. The Makoce Ikikcupi...
View ArticleOceti Sakowin Apprenticeship Opportunity
Makoce Ikikcupi (Land Recovery) is looking for four (4) hard-working Oceti Sakowin young adults for a four-month summer apprenticeship centered around earthlodge building and community development. We...
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Meet Our 2021 Apprentices
We are delighted to introduce Zani Otuwe‘s 2021 Apprentices. Realizing it is essential to begin to train the next generation of leaders, Makoce Ikikcupi solicited applications to a four-month...
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Major Legislative News
Major news! The legislation providing a waiver to Minnesota State Building and Fire Codes for Indigenous building practices was just signed into law by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on June 30, 2021. We...
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Our Earth Lodge Has a Roof!
Han Mitakuyapi! On December 10, we got the main earth lodge covered, just in time for the first real snow of the season! We are so happy to have the roof on this lodge, which means we are set for the...
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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!...
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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...
View ArticleZani Otunwe’s ‘star-chitecture’ featured
One of our governing council members, Jim Rock, was interviewed for an article about our first village Zani Otunwe. Read the article, ‘Star-chitecture returns to the Minnesota prairie after 300...
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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...
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