Native-led nonprofit Wakáŋ Tipi Awaŋyaŋkapi calls this year's Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt "disappointing" after participants followed clues leading to sacred land.
Dakota leaders are expressing concern that this year’s Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion was hidden at a site they consider sacred. Treasure hunters found the medallion Saturday at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary in St. Paul. Although the sanctuary is designated a public park, a nonprofit has partnered with the city to have the area recognized as a sacred space. Initial funding has come .
Wakaŋ Tipi is a sacred gathering place for the Dakota people, where ceremonies and storytelling traditions not shared outside the community have been taking place for centuries.
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