[SustainableTompkins] Fwd: Tutelo Native American Festival

[Anthony Ingraham]

Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:52:19 -0400
From: Audrey Cooper <ajc39 at cornell.edu>
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.

Saturday’s 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.
 
Sunday’s 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 
ajc39 at cornell.edu 




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