Calendar of Events

The annual Winona-Dakota Gathering, Homecoming, & Wacipi will take place Sept 29 – Oct 1, 2023 at Unity Park, Winona.

FRIDAY September 29th

  • Evening Grounds Blessing

SATURDAY September 30th

  • 7 am Sunrise Opening Ceremony
  • 9 am Flag Raising
  • 10 am Talk Circle
  • 1 pm Grand Entry – Traditional Dancing
  • 5 pm Evening Unity Feast

SUNDAY October 1st

  • 7 am Sunrise Ceremony 
  • 9 am Flag Raising
  • 10 am-12 pm Remembering Our Loved Ones, a Ceremony and community gathering led by Suzanne Nash, Indigenous Peoples Task Force – A time to honor and remember loved ones lost to opioids or alcohol
  • Closing Ceremonty



**Note: All board meetings are currently held via Zoom on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Please contact us if you are interested in observing a board meeting**

August 8, 2023 – 7 PM Board Meeting at Winona Knitting Mills Building, Winona Room and Via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting.

July 15, 2023 – 9 a.m. -11 a.m. Sweetgrass & Sage Cultural Teaching at Unity Park in Winona. Community event led by Nicky Buck (Prairie Island Dakota). Join us for a Native-led plant walk to learn stories, cultural teachings, and ecological values of sweetgrass or wac̣anġa and prairie sage, pežihota bdaska in the Dakota language. This event is free to attend. All are welcome.

July 11, 2023 – 7 PM Board Meeting at Winona Knitting Mills Building, Winona Room and Via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting.

June 13, 2023 – 7 PM Board Meeting at Winona Knitting Mills Building, Winona Room and Via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting.

May 16, 2023 – Planning meeting for annual community Wacipi/Gathering 10 a.m. at Unity Park, Winona.

May 9, 2023 – 7 PM Board Meeting at Unity Park in Winona and via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link.

April 18, 2023 – 5:30 PM planning meeting for the 2023 Winona Dakota Gathering Homecoming & Powwow. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting.

April 11, 2023 – 7 PM Board Meeting 3rd Floor Winona Knitting Mills building and Via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting.

March 14, 2023 – 7 PM Board Meeting 3rd Floor Winona Knitting Mills building and Via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting. Elections will be held for Officer positions (President, Vice President, Secretary)

February 16, 2023 – 7 PM Board Meeting 3rd Floor Winona Knitting Mills building and Via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting.

January 10, 2023- 7PM Board Meeting 3rd Floor Winona Knitting Mills building and Via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting.

December 13, 2022 – 7 p.m. Board Meeting 3rd Floor Winona Knitting Mills building and Via Zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend or come in person to the front door of the WKM building for in person meeting.

November 15, 2022 – 7 p.m. Board Meeting at the Winona Knitting Mills and via zoom. Please contact for zoom link if you would like to attend via zoom. *Update the Nov. 15 board meeting has been postponed until December 13.

September 13, 2022-Board Meeting will be held in person at Unity Park around the fire pit to welcome new faces with hopes to build a brighter future for the organization, community and our Dakota Relatives!

April 23, 2022 Bluff Country Co-op Earth Day Open House 10:00 AM-2:00 PM

April 7th, 2022 7:00-8:00PM – Interfaith Dialogue Panel Event held at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Toner Center Lounge

September 11, 2021 – Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic a simplified Winona-Dakota Unity Event was held.

6:30 AM Sunrise Ceremony

9:00 AM Group Discussion around fire

1:30 PM Drum Hoka Hey

3:00 PM End of Day/Closing