Blue Hummingbird Woman

05/29/2026

Tomorrow! See everyone there!

We weclome everyone to join us for the 2026 Yaŋpá Spring-Wind Dakota Celebration!

Saturday, May 30 | Battle Creek Pavilion & Garden, Maplewood, MN

We welcome the return of Yaŋpá, the Spring-Wind of the East, with a community celebration rooted in healing, renewal, and creativity.

Join artists Marlena Myles and Tanáǧidaŋ Tó Wiŋ, alongside special guests, for a powerful gathering that blends Dakota ancestral teachings with modern Indigenous expression.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Beading Wallets with Ninijjanis One of Ones
• Nettle Weaving with Fern Renville
• Seed Paper Journaling with Tammy Villegas
• Dakota Wind Pinwheels with Marlena Myles
• Native Teas with Blue Hummingbird Woman
• Dakota Plant Teachings & Coloring Pages
• Field Games & Native Food Trucks
• Indigenous Spring Market

📍 Location:
Battle Creek Pavilion
2401 Upper Afton Rd E, Maplewood, MN 55119

🕗 Schedule:
• Celebration: 12:00 AM – 4:00 PM

🌱 Free & open to the public. All are welcome.

05/25/2026

Screaming CONGRATULATIONS to my cinksi Isaac (Inyan To) class of 2026!

I am sincerely proud of all of our young people and their devotion to creating a brighter, more equitable future for everyone!
You inspire us all!!!!!

05/22/2026

Laughing and learning together. We had a wonderful evening together eating wild rice soup and learning from Tammy Villegas about the fish at Como Lake. We connected with the plants and water and had the best time!
Thank you Capitol Region Watershed District for your partnership in these memorable events! It is always heartwarming to see participants gain relationship with each other & to our waterways! Pidamayapi 💙

05/20/2026

We weclome everyone to join us for the 2026 Yaŋpá Spring-Wind Dakota Celebration!

Saturday, May 30 | Battle Creek Pavilion & Garden, Maplewood, MN

We welcome the return of Yaŋpá, the Spring-Wind of the East, with a community celebration rooted in healing, renewal, and creativity.

Join artists Marlena Myles Art & Design and Tanáǧidaŋ Tó Wiŋ, alongside special guests, for a powerful gathering that blends Dakota ancestral teachings with modern Indigenous expression.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Beading Wallets with Ninijjanis One of Ones
• Nettle Weaving with Fern Renville
• Seed Paper Journaling with Tammy Villegas
• Dakota Wind Pinwheels with Marlena Myles
• Native Teas with Blue Hummingbird Woman
• Dakota Plant Teachings & Coloring Pages
• Field Games & Native Food Trucks
• Indigenous Spring Market

📍 Location:
Battle Creek Pavilion
2401 Upper Afton Rd E, Maplewood, MN 55119

🕗 Schedule:
• Celebration: 12:00 AM – 4:00 PM

🌱 Free & open to the public. All are welcome.

We weclome everyone to join us for the 2026 Yaŋpá Spring-Wind Dakota Celebration!

Saturday, May 30 | Battle Creek Pavilion & Garden, Maplewood, MN

We welcome the return of Yaŋpá, the Spring-Wind of the East, with a community celebration rooted in healing, renewal, and creativity.

Join artists Marlena Myles and Tanáǧidaŋ Tó Wiŋ, alongside special guests, for a powerful gathering that blends Dakota ancestral teachings with modern Indigenous expression.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Beading Wallets with Ninijjanis One of Ones
• Nettle Weaving with Fern Renville
• Seed Paper Journaling with Tammy Villegas
• Dakota Wind Pinwheels with Marlena Myles
• Native Teas with Blue Hummingbird Woman
• Dakota Plant Teachings & Coloring Pages
• Field Games & Native Food Trucks
• Indigenous Spring Market

📍 Location:
Battle Creek Pavilion
2401 Upper Afton Rd E, Maplewood, MN 55119

🕗 Schedule:
• Celebration: 12:00 AM – 4:00 PM

🌱 Free & open to the public. All are welcome.

05/15/2026

We invite everyone to come and enjoy time together, learn and tend to our beautiful mother Earth. Tomorrow ❤️

Blue Hummingbird Woman and I welcome everyone out for a day of learning about Dakota plants in our Four Winds Garden at Battle Creek Park, this Saturday!

During Wozupi Wi (Planting Moon), we'll gather to learn about the Dakota teachings of the Three Sisters, plant together, and reset our bean lodges for the growing season.

Last year, we worked to transform an old abandoned playground into a garden for our Native plant relatives. Since then, we've watched plant relatives, pollinators, mice, frogs, deer and even an owl return. It's been beautiful to witness how quickly life comes back when we care for the land in a good way.

May 16, 2026
11 AM–3 PM
Battle Creek Park
2300 Upper Afton Rd
Maplewood, MN 55119

Wear clothes you can garden in. All are welcome!

Pidamayaye to Ramsey County Parks and Recreation for all their help!

05/11/2026

Blue Hummingbird Woman Indigenous Gift Shop will be closed today 5/11 to honor the grandmothers. Enjoy the rays of the sun! 🌞

05/09/2026

After a winter full of 🧊 we are grateful to receive a a beautiful Spring Equinox!

We’re excited in co-launching Season 2 of the East Side Farmers Market with our beloved community partners this Summer!

Thank you to Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center , Storehouse Grocers, Urban Roots , Philadelphia Community Farm , RootsCafe and Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services for sharing your abundance of experience and resources to go on this summer venture together!

Season 2 kicks off Sunday June 14, AM 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm filled with music, cultural presentations, food and fun community vibes!

Where: East Side Sculpture Park (705 E 7th Street) / rain location at IRoots

When: Second and Fourth Sunday of every month from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, June to September.

Limited vendor space, first come first serve Vendor registration: https://bit.ly/4cWQMRl

Seed funding for the East Side Farmers Market provided by Rooted Philanthropic

05/05/2026

Join us for another year of workshops & plant teachings.

Elder Tammy Villegas will give us a fish eye view on what they are doing, who they are hanging out with and who they are trying to stay away from! We will also look at their habitat and see what we can do to help them flourish. We will journal our findings and have a seasonal chart of what to look for in our underwater relatives. Of course, we will have time to do some fishing too.

Thursday May 21st
5pm-7pm

These workshops and plant walks are in partnership with Capitol Region Watershed District and Blue Hummingbird Woman.

Free and open to the public.
Please register for the event through the Eventbrite link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/explore-our-waters-tickets-1988849782237?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/03/2026

Pidamayapi to all who attended this afternoon's blessing. It was a gorgeous day!

04/24/2026

We Are Water
Pidamayapi to Capitol Region Watershed District and all of our relatives who recognize Mni Wičóni!
Water Is Life!
You are sacred because SHE flows through you!

To my relatives ❤️ I love you!