Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:52:19 -0400
From: Audrey Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tutelo Native American Festival
Press Release for Immediate Release
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 days events take place at Tutelo Park, 151 Bostwick Rd, off Rt. 13A, in
the Town of Ithaca.
Saturdays 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
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.
Sundays Ceremonial Relighting of the Tutelo Council Fire will celebrate the
return of Native Tutelos to this geographic area. All are welcome to
participate from Noon to 3:00 p.m. at the park.
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.
Na gwv' do hi ya - Peace.
Audrey J. Cooper
Cornell Cooperative Extension TC & Multicultural Resource Center
615 Willow Avenue http://www.multicultural-resource.org
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-2292, ext. 135
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its
food, much of its medicine, and a large part of its "dream" from Native
Americans." Paula Gunn Allen
"If the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the woman is
intact so to is the family, community and society."
-Indigenous Proverb_______________________________________________
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