also see below: Homecoming Festival KICK OFF CONCERT September 19
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 world-renown artist Dave Greene La Crosse demonstrations with Alf Jacques Traditional arts, crafts and food from the Iroquois Kitchen and Happy Eating Grounds 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, American Indian Program at Cornell University, 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. The festivities continue September 21 in Aurora with Peachtown Festival 11 AM - 6 PM Wells College, Aurora Contact Ernie Olson for more info: 607-229-0456 Homecoming Festival KICK OFF CONCERT September 19 Please join us for a very special Homecoming Festival Kick-Off event with CORN-BRED 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 ~~ All Ages! More info: Multicultural Resource Center, 272-2292 This concert is co-sponsored by the Cornell Council American Indian Graduate & Professional Students and Multicultural Resource Center Elizabeth Field Diversity & Inclusion Special Projects Coordinator Multicultural Resource Center Cornell Cooperative Extension 615 Willow Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-2292 ext 191 http://www.multicultural-resource.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1659 - Release Date: 9/8/2008 7:01 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1662 - Release Date: 9/9/2008 10:47 AM -- Elan Shapiro Sustainable Tompkins Community Partnership Coordinator Sustainable Living Associates, Principal Frog's Way B&B 211 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell "We must be the change we want to see in the world" Mohandas Gandhi _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
