Thank You for Making Our First Corn Festival a Success!
We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who joined us for our first Corn Festival!
It was a special day filled with the joy of coming together to celebrate corn, community, and culture with friends, family, and of course, delicious food.
To our incredible youth and community relatives, your energy, hard work, and passion were at the heart of this event. You remind us of the importance of passing down our traditions and caring for the land for future generations. Thank you for showing up and sharing in this celebration of abundance and cultural resilience. Your presence made the day feel like a true gathering of family, and we are honored to walk this path together.
Finally, to our partners and supporters, your commitment to our mission is deeply appreciated. The success of this festival would not have been possible without your support and collaboration. Together, we are ensuring that Indigenous foods, traditions, and knowledge continue to thrive.
Thank you to our amazing sponsors: Dave Bice, the Medtronic American Indian Employee Resource Group, the Dr. Katy Backes Kozhimannil Equity & Empowerment Fund, DSGW Architecture, and the Savanna Institute.
We look forward to many more celebrations to come!
Miigwech/Pinagigi,
The Dream Team
Agenda
12:00pm
Festival opens with Welcome Table, Raffle Table and Swag Table for check-in
12:15 - 12:45
Welcoming Ceremony with Prayer and Presentation
12:30 - 3:45
Activity Tables and Food Tasting Open
Dream of Wild Health Tables
Corn Nixtamalization Process - Cooking Demonstration
Atole Sampling - Food
Three Sisters Soup Tasting - Food
Corn Growing and Storytelling - Video and live sharing
Corn Art Prints - Activity
Roasted Sweet Corn - Food
Pounding Corn - Demonstration and Activity
Corn Mush Sampling - Food
Traditional Corn Rattle Making with Hope Flanagan - Activity
Indigenous Food Network (IFN) - Information Table
IFN Resource Table - recipe cards, posters and more
Incubator Farm and Center for Native American Food Sovereignty information table.
Community Tables
Minneapolis American Indian Center
Department of Indian Work, Interfaith Action of Greater St. Paul- Health Resources Programs
Upper Midwest Indigenous Seed Keepers Network - Resources and Information Table
1:00 - 4:00
Raffle Giveaways on the half hour: Every half hour we will raffle off two prizes, including gift cards to Owamni, Dream of Wild Health swag.
