>From the Multicultural Resources Center:
Native American Homecoming Festival:
Welcoming Cayuga, Tutelo, Saponi and Kindred Indian Nations
Saturday, September 20, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Tutelo Park, 151 Bostwick Rd , off Rt. 13A, in the Town of Ithaca .
Highlights of the festival include:
Traditional flute music by Dan Hill
Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers led by Sherri Waterman Hopper
Creation Stories with Perry Ground for children and adults
Interactive educational sessions on the Great Law with Perry Ground, for adults
and teens
Cornhusk doll making with Marcela Kane
Medicine plant walks with Mike DeMunn
Three Sisters teaching with Jane Mt. Pleasant
Stone carving by artist Dave Greene
La Crosse demonstrations with Alf Jacques
Traditional arts, crafts and food from the Iroquois Kitchen and Happy Eating
Grounds and more
The festival will also feature displays by Cornell University American Indian
Program, the Cayuga SHARE Farm, Three Sisters, Ithaca College Archeology
Program, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON), and the Lehman Alternative
Community School/Akwesasne Freedom School.
The Native American Homecoming Festival is sponsored by the Multicultural
Resource Center , Cornell American Indian Program, Cornell University , Ithaca
College and Wells College , and hosted by the Town of Ithaca . This event is
made possible with funding from a Tompkins County Celebrations grant and the
Community Arts Partnership.
Homecoming Festival KICK OFF CONCERT September 19th
Please join us for a very special Homecoming Festival Kick-Off event with
CORNBRED
Native American R&B band and NAMMY (Native American Grammy) Award winners.
Pancho Villa Mexican Restaurant & Bar Club
602 W. State St. Ithaca
9 PM ~~ $5 at the door
More info: Multicultural Resource Center, 272-2292 ask for Audrey Cooper or Liz
Field
This concert is co-sponsored by the Cornell Council American Indian Graduate &
Professional Students
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