Tutelo Homecoming Festival: Welcoming Cayuga, Tutelo, Saponi and
Kindred Indian Nations
Saturday, September 22, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM festival
Sunday, September 23, 12:00 PM Ceremonial Relighting of the Tutelo Council Fire
Both daysí events take place at Tutelo Park, 151
Bostwick Rd, off Rt. 13A, in the Town of Ithaca.
Saturdayís events feature:
Traditional flute by Dan Hill
Sherri Waterman Hopper and the Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers
Storyteller Perry Ground
Flute music by David Little Eagle Rivera
Cornhusk doll making with Marcela Kane
Medicine plant walks with Mike De Munn
Demonstration of traditional tools of the hunt by Mike Tarbell
Teaching about the Three Sisters by Jane Mt. Pleasant
Traditional crafts and food
The festival will also feature displays by
Cornell University American Indian Program, the
Cayuga SHARE Farm, Three Sisters, Ithaca College
Archeology Program, and Cornell and Ithaca
College Human Resources.
Sundayís Ceremonial Relighting of the Tutelo
Council Fire will celebrate the return of Native
Tutelos to this geographic area. All are welcome
to participate. The Tutelos were forced out of
what is now the Town of Ithaca during the
Sullivan/Clinton campaign in the late 18th
Century.
The Tutelo Homecoming Festival is sponsored by
the Multicultural Resource Center, Cornell
University, American Indian Program at Cornell,
Ithaca College and Wells College, along with a
Tompkins County Celebrations Grant. Hosted by
Town of Ithaca.
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