Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
The Metropolitan Council acknowledges that the land we currently call Minnesota and specifically the seven-county region is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota Oyate who are present and active contributors to our thriving region. As part of the Metropolitan Council’s commitment to address the unresolved legacy of genocide, dispossession, and settler colonialism and the fact that government institutions, including the Metropolitan Council, benefitted economically, politically, and institutionally after the forceable removal of the Dakota Oyate, the Metropolitan Council is dedicated to instilling Land, Water, and People Commitments in regional policy. These commitments support the Dakota Oyate, the eleven federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota, Ho-Chunk Nation, and the American Indian Communities representing over 150 diverse Tribal Nations that call the seven-county region home.
Call to order
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of July 15, 2025, Equity Advisory Committee minutes
Public invitation
Invitation to interested persons to address the Equity Advisory Committee. Pre-register at
[email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.
Information
- A Way to Prompt Payment, Jon Tao, Senior Small Business Specialist and Gilbert Odonkor, Manager of Construction Procurement, Hennepin County
Committee Updates
- Council Member John Pacheco: Management, Transportation
- Council Member Dr Tyrone Carter: Community Development, Management
- Council Member Toni Carter: Environment, Transportation
- Council Member Yassin Ossman: Management, Environment
Adjournment
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* Agenda item changed following initial publication