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The first main message bears the name of the exhibit and the program, which is that we are water and no one knows the water, like the people who live here. That's right. We are water. Our bodies are mostly water and we require healthy water to sustain ourselves. You are your own personal body of water. In many communities around the world, clean water is not easily accessible. Even in our own country, getting clean water can be difficult. One of the best parts of living in any community is getting to know the water story of that place. Places are filled with stories. Minnesota and minnesotans have a special relationship to water. Water is a large part of people's identity in the land of 10,000 lakes and it's been embedded in the heritage of the region for far longer. Dakota and O. G. Boy people have been intimately connected to the region within and beyond the boundaries of Minnesota. For a very long time, Minnesota, my coach is a Dakota phrase that means land where the water reflects the sky through a Dakota perspective. Water is more than a basic need or a source of recreation. It is a family member with whom we have a reciprocal relationship. In fact, you may have heard the Dakota phrase. Many were cockney, which reminds us that water is life. One of the best ways to learn and to become wiser is to ask questions, especially with each other so we can learn together. Here are some questions that we can think about with our friends and family. Why do you think the exhibit is called? We are water? Consider the biological, physical and emotional ways that water impacts you. This question reminds us that our relationship with water is not purely physical or chemical. Water determines where we live and work and what we eat and drink. Consider your hometown. Is it located on or near any bodies of water like a river or lake or wetland? How would your community be different without water? For many of us, there may be a river running through our town or even a lake. For example, in Morris, the pomme de Terre River which runs near the town flows into the Minnesota River, which flows into the mighty Mississippi River and down to the gulf of Mexico. It is hard to believe that our actions in western and southern Minnesota have impacts that travel Hundreds of miles down. River. Minnesota is special because it is the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The Palm Data River in Morris got its name from the early french voyagers and traders, literally meaning apple of the earth or potato river, but it was being applied to the edible root of the prairie turnip. This important food plant and esteemed by the Dakota was formerly common on dry and somewhat gravelly parts of a planned prairies throughout southwestern Minnesota. Water also influences our cultures and religions is water a part of your holidays? Do you have any water traditions? Not only do we have bodies of water, but bodies of water are special to us. What place would you choose if you were asked to name a special water spot? And why is that place special to you? How do you take care of the water? And how does the water take care of you? Water bodies also have stories. What names you know for lakes and streams in your area? Why were those names given? Do they have multiple names? Consider the public dialogue on changing the name of lake calhoun back to Body Makarska. The original Dakota name for the mini Annapolis? Water body Dakota Elder walter. Super lab at Junior told us a story about a special body of water in his life. Firefly creek and how the name has changed over time. Aaron Griffin who is CISplatin, Wahpeton Toyota reflected on rivers in her region. All of these bodies of water are connected in some way beneath what we can see, we are connected with water in more ways than we could possibly see or understand. The Minnesota river basin is Dakota homeland. In the words of the upper Sioux community, this is the land which we call the place where they dig for yellow medicine and has been the homeland for our people, the Dakota nation for thousands of years, We have always occupied this area bordering the Minnesota River Valley with the exception of a short time in the late 1800s following the US. Dakota conflict of 1862, you can learn more about this history by exploring the why treaties matter, exhibit in person or online. There are important intersections between water and treaties. Through these two exhibits were encouraged to think more about the importance of knowing a place in it's history as we consider how to care for it into the future.