Madweyaashkaa: Waves Can Be Heard - postponed until Feb 2021

EDITOR'S NOTE - Via a November 17 e-announcment from Northern Lights.mn:

Illuminate The Lock: Madweyaashkaa: Waves Can Be Heard has been postponed until February 2021.

"We recognize that COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Minnesota, and this event falls between two holidays that may cause further spread. We feel that postponing this event is in the best interest of our community. We are tentatively rescheduling for February 18-20, 2021, so mark your calendars! If you have already registered for this event, your registration will be automatically cancelled and you will need to register for the new dates. We will post registration information when it becomes available on our website, social media, and Eventbrite. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at info@parkconnection.org or call 651-291-8164."  

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Via an October 29 e-announcement from Northern Lights.mn

Madweyaashkaa: Waves Can Be Heard

Northern Lights.mn and our partners are very excited to announce the title and theme for this year’s Illuminate the Lock project.  Madweyaashkaa: Waves Can Be Heard by Moira Villiard celebrates the resilience of Indigenous women on a spectacular scale. An animated video collage projected onto the 400 x 50 foot wall of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam is synced with a soundscape of music composed by Lyz Jaakola (Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe) and a recorded narrative by Dakota/Ojibway First Nation elder Millie Richard. Viewers will also find three silent video projections with flickers of imagery from the main video distributed around the lock.  With images of the Grandmother moon (Nokomis), fire, earth, water, and the jingle dress dance entwined in swirling colors, the piece will explore themes of homecoming and finding connection within ourselves to culture, to ancestors, and to nature, no matter how far away we may sometimes feel. From an Anishinaabe perspective, it is as a reminder that Nokomis is always around, an elder always ready for us to reach out and willing to hear what’s in our hearts. Save the details:  Madweyaashkaa: Waves Can Be Heard by Moira Villiard, 2020  Thursday, December 10, 11, 12  5:30 - 8 pm, Free   Owamni-yomni / Gakaabika / St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam

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This project is a partnership with All My Relations Arts, a program of Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI), Northern Lights.mn,  Mississippi Park Connection and Mississippi National River and Recreation Area and is supported through a grant from the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board.