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UPCOMING EVENTS - 2010


 

 

For Powwow Events go to Powwow Now!

 

 

March

19  Algonquin Heritage “End of Winter” Retreat

20  Spring Equinox Celebration

20  Areito Ceremonial Gathering 

22  Honouring the Water Ceremony

24  Community Economic Development Training

25  National School Defense & Security

25  Saving Our Language-Saving Our Culture

26  4th Annual Indian Health Center Fundraiser Comedy Jam

27  Elkton MO Talking Circle and Drum

27  Spring Country Trail  Ride

31  Art, Essay and Poetry Invitational

 

April

10  Natural Healing Arts Fair

16  Indigenous Women’s Wellness Weekend

14 

18  2nd Annual National Forum on Dropout Prevention

24  7th Annual Georgetown Nature Fest

28  Community Economic Development Training

29  Elkton MO Talking Circle and Drum

29  Aurora Talking Circle and Drum

 

May

01  Global Love Day

01  Heal the Waters Ceremony

03 Traditional Speaker Series

03  Haskell Fast Pitch Tournament

05  Community Economic Development Training

12  Community Economic Development Training

15  Iroquois Plant Medicines & Medicine Walk Longboat

26  Community Economic Development Training

 

June

03  Western Cherokee Nation Old Settlers Gathering

05  Traditional Arts Workshop Series

25  World of One 2010 Expo

25  Annual Strawberry Festival

 

July

03  Bonaparte Heritage Festival- Summer Gathering

07 International Workshops in Drum Building

30  Gathering of the Healers

 

August

18  Native Blood Drive - March on Washington

 

September

12  Gathering of the Healers

 

October

16 Silverhawk Native American Flute Gathering

 

December

17  Gathering of the Healers

21  Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship in the Americas

 

 

 

 

 


 

March 19 - 21, 2010

 

Algonquin Heritage “End of Winter” Retreat
A Native American Intensive Weekend Exploring Algonquin Culture

At the Pine Hill Community Center
287 Main Street, Pine Hill, NY 12465

 

Hosted by Evan Pritchard, author of No Word For Time, Native New Yorkers, Stories of the Sacred, Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York, and other books with Maureen Kelley, Karine Gordineer, and other special guests. 

 

Friday March 19th: free of charge - 6 to 11 pm

Pot luck supper; Orientation; Teachings on the Medicine Wheel Part I; Drumming

 

Saturday, March 20th
9am – 12 noon:
Dreamcatcher workshop with Etaoqua Introductory Mohican herb workshop w Green Girl/Connecting with the Landkeepers w Evan & Etaoqua Beading workshop with Etaoqua/Native Sign Language with Evan

1 – 5 pm: Story telling w Etaoqua/Evan; The Further Teachings of Powwow Highway

Dinner:  5:30-7:00 pm  Buffet at Colonial Inn - $13.95 each

7 – 11pm: Teachings of the Medicine Wheel Part II Green Girl’s Plant Spirit Medicine Workshop/Reincarnation in Algonquin Culture with Etaoqua & Evan; Music, Drumming and Dancing

 

Sunday, March 21st

9 – 12pm: Algonquin Drum Songs with Evan/featherbeading with Etaoqua; Henry Hudson and the Seven Fires Prophecies (including “moon turtle” calendar keeping) with Evan/ Advanced Herbs  w Karine/Local petroforms/cairns (w Danny or Evan) Working with the Light in Shamanic Practice  w Etaoqua & Evan

Lunch: Noon to 1 pm - pizza provided

1 – 5 pm:  Birds—Our Endangered Allies; Importance of Birds in Native American Spiritual Traditions with Evan; The Thirteen Grandmothers for discussion;

 
Suggested donation: Friday free, Saturday only $60; Sunday only $50. Whole weekend $90  with pre-registration by March 15th, 2010.

Donations help fund the Center for Algonquin Culture & the Pine Hill Community Center Hotel space is additional; Colonial Inn/Pine Hill Arms recommended.
Cabins/other hotels and camping available.  Transportation by bus from New York City available - $59.50 round trip.   (2 PM Friday bus from Port Authority arrives 5 PM;

 

For information evan.pritchard7@gmail.com or call (212)714-7151

Etaoqua@juno.com (732)382-2810

 


 

March 20, 2010


Spring Equinox Celebration
Toltec Mounds Park, Scott, AR
490 Toltec Mounds Road
Scott, AR  72142
501-961-9442
toltecmounds@arkansas.com

The Plum Bayou Culture built this unique mound complex over 1,000 years ago. Activities at this gathering include games, tasty foods, and other ceremonials. All starts at 4 PM.

 


 

March 20, 2010, Saturday
 

Ceremonial Gathering

141 St and Brook Ave., South Bronx NY (Brook Park)

 

The UCTP-OIRRC and Iukaieke Guainia will host an evening areito ceremony to honor the change in season and our ancestors at Brook Park, Bronx, NY.

Ceremonial fire will be lit at approximately 5pm. The gathering will include ceremonial songs, a prayer circle, and a Guanara purification ceremony.

Please bring your maracas and food to share. Donations of fire wood are appreciated and needed. To assist with the preparations of the grounds please arrive at 4:30pm.

If you plan to participate in the Guanara ceremony, please bring a towel and a change of clothing.

Contact:
oirrc@uctp.org

 

 


 

March 22, 2010

Honouring the Water Ceremony

March 22, 2010 is World Water Day.

 

Midewahnikwe of the Three Fires Society invite all Midewewin and community members to show their gratitude through prayer for the water.

“the water is sick...and people need to really fight for that water, to speak for that water, to love that water” (Josephine Mandamin, Mother Earth Water Walk)

 

When: March 22, 2010

Where: Anytown

Time: 8 am - 12 pm

Other: 8 am Water Ceremony

Gather where ever you are and acknowledge the water through prayer plus do not use or drink water until noon that day.

Share your event @ www.motherearthwaterwalk.com

 


 

March 24 - 26, 2010

 


 

First Nation, Inuit & Metis Economic Development Personnel,  Development Corporations, Community Leaders, and Employment Councilors.

 

THIS WORKSHOP GIVES YOU ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED

TO CHANGE THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR YOUR NATION, COMMUNITY AND REGION.

Williams Lake BC    Feb 16-18, 2010
 
Click here for Workshop Agenda, Details and Costs

 


TERRACE, BC - March 24-26, 2010

TORONTO, ON - April 28-30, 2010

WINNIPEG, MB - May 5-7, 2010

EDMONTON, AB - May 12-14, 2010

VANCOUVER, BC - May 26-28, 2010

 

I am in a position to say with 100% certainty that I would recommend this workshop and any other that Rolf is going to be hosting to anyone.   I would even go one step further and say that I would encourage everyone to get signed up, because workshops like this do not come around everyday.  I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Rolf for a most stimulating experience and would be honored to attend another workshop of his in the future!!!!!
Byron Louie Economic Development - Williams Lake Indian Band

 

I enjoyed Rolf.  I mean “what an awakening”.  I have never been to a workshop that was so riveting and exciting.  I totally have a new respect for business and how business should be managed and approached.  I can hardly wait to get started.  Rolf is very energetic, humorous and intelligent.  What an awesome experience.  (Shift is happening) Glen Worthington – Development Corp CEO – Dease River First Nation BC

 

 

 

216-1581-H Hillside Ave., Victoria BC  V8T 2C1 
313-207 Bank Street, Ottawa Ontario  K2P 2N2
Box 299 Cree Nation of ChisasibiQuebec J0M 1E0
Tel: 1-888-445-3046  Fax 1-866-636-7022
info@abentre.ca

 

 


 

March 25 - 26, 2010

 

National School Defense & Security

Conclave and Exhibit

Bond Place Hotel Toronto, Canada

 

Early childhood care teachers, elementary, k-12 schools, high school and university administrators, teachers, police chiefs, first responders, safety professionals, and community leaders.

 

The objective is to identify and share best practices concerning school defense and safety, and help model a community process to stamp out school violence in all its forms, including shooting, bullying, dating violence, vandalism, gang activity, and catastrophic event such as school massacres and pandemic outbreaks.

 

Speakers

Connie Guberman,  Status of Women Officer, Special Advisor on Equity Issues, Office of the Vice-President, Human Resources and Equity,

University of Toronto

Kristopher Wells, Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services, University of Alberta

Douglas McCall, Executive Director, Canadian Association for School Health

Michael Hill, Safe Schools Administrator, Toronto District School Board

Tony Kerins (Ret.), secondary school principal Ret.Toronto District School Board

Eva E. Marszewski, L.S.M., B.A., Ll.B., Founder and Executive Director, Peacebuilders International (Canada)

Mike Neutsm, CBN Childrens Association

 

Edward Gonzales

Manager Sales and Client Service

egonzales@events-exhibitions.us cc edward.gonzales565@gmail.com

425-996-7089  Fax: 425-968-7400

1776 I Street, NW, NW 9TH Floor Washington,  District of Columbia 20006 USA

 


March 25 - 27, 2010

 

Saving Our Language-Saving Our Culture

33rd Annual California Conference on American Indian Education

Santa Clara, California

 

“Saving Our Language-Saving Our Culture”

 

Santa Clara Marriott, 2700 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054

make your reservations as early as possible and reference CCAIE (conference rate is $89 plus tax.) (408) 988-1500

Early Bird Registration Must Be Received By January 21, 2010!

 

For complete information and to download the "Call To Conference" please go to www.cieda.org

 

Posted by Andre Cramblit to Native News Network


 

March 26, 2010

 

4th Annual Indian Health Center Fundraiser Comedy Jam

Santa Clara Marriott
2700 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054

 

This year will mark the 4th Annual Indian Health Center Fundraiser Comedy Jam. It will take place at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, CA. This year we will have the four popular comedians from the Powwow Comedy Jam. Comedians include: MArc Yaffee, Jim Ruel, Vaughn Eaglebear, and JR Redwater.

All general admission seating is $25. The show starts at 8 p.m. and the doors open at 7 p.m.

 

There is also a special rate if you are attending the 33rd Annual California Indian Education Conference.

This is an alcohol and drug free event. Age 18 and over only.

 

Vernon Medicine Cloud

1333 Meridan Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125
vmcloud@ihcscv.org
408-445-3400 Ext. 208
http://www.indianhealthcenter.org/

 


 

March 27, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. 

 

Elkton MO Talking Circle and Drum

Hosted by Rita and Victor Bow Smith

Saturday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m. 

Saturday, May 22 at 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, August 28 at 2:00 p.m.
 

Location: From Springfield take Kansas Expressway and go North on 13 Hwy to Humansville; take the first turn off into town. There is a motel in view of the turnoff.  Follow the road right into Humansville and you will come to a sharp right turn in the road there is a funeral home in front of you by that turn).  Follow the main road right on out of town heading east.  Do not follow the turn at the edge of town-keep heading east.  Stay east till you come to the stop sign at Hwy.83.  Go straight ahead on Hwy.83 and follow it all the way to Elkton.  Go north on past the Elkton store stay on Hwy. 83 until you come to the first farm road on the left Rd 270.  There is a pink house on the corner of Rd. 270 Turn left.  Go to second farm road on right, Rd.147. Turn right and go down one half mile.  The first drive on the right. The box says Bow-Smith 510-B. Call 865-9141 or 425-9574.   Please bring a covered dish or finger foods.  revsp1@diddywahdiddy.net  

 


 

March 27, 2010
 

Spring Country Trail Ride
Sugar Creek Ranch, Seguin, TX
 

Trail Ride through the woods! Chuck Wagon, Music, Camp Fire, Marshmallow Roast, Continental Breakfast for riders, Native American Dancers, Beading lessons.  Bar-B-Q plates.  Meal Starts @1:00-pm  $6.50 per plate  $5.00 10 yrs and under  *Meals available to ALL participants*   Registration fee $45.00 per rider, price includes meal & desert

 

David Silva
1750 Jake's Colony Road
Seguin, TX  78155
830-303-3151
eaglesnest.info@yahoo.com
www.eaglesnestpowwow.com

Additional contact: 
Brad@ 830-379-2455
 

 


 

March 31, 2010

 

The Love Foundation Presents the 2010 Seventh Annual

 

 Art, Essay and Poetry Invitational

In honor of Global Love Day May 1, 2010

 

Children of all ages (anyone young at heart) are invited to share their original creative expression of self acceptance, unity, respect, diversity and global love

 

Each submission shall be based on the theme:

Love Begins With Me

 

We are one humanity on this planet.

All life is interconnected and interdependent.

All share in the Universal bond of love.

Love begins with self acceptance and forgiveness.

 With respect and compassion we embrace diversity.
Together we make a difference through love.

 

All entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2010

 

Please also share this announcement with Students, Family, Friends, Teachers, Clubs and Schools.

For more information, previous awards, printable flyers and guidelines visit:

www.thelovefoundation.com

 

globalloveday@thelovefoundation.com

 

The Love Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 10114, Tampa, FL  33679-0114 USA

a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization

 


 

April 10 - 11, 2010

 

Natural Healing Arts Fair

Lamplighter Inn North in Springfield, MO

 

Booth Space Available: Early bird special of $99.00 for either a 6ft or 8 ft booth if you sign up and pay for your booth before March 1, 2010

Call 417-849-0109 or 417-631-5980 or contact Cookie  naturalhealingartsfair@yahoo.com

 

Sign up early to cash in on this major savings!!! After March 1 the booths will be the usual cost of $125 for a six foot table and $140 for an eight foot table. If you are wanting to give a presentation or teach a class or workshop, get that info into us early so more people will know that you are going to be there!!!

 


 

April 17, 2010

10th Annual Algonquian Peoples Seminar 

New York State Museum, Cultural Education Center, Madison Avenue           

Albany, New York

 

Agenda: 

Presentation of Colors by the Mohican Veterans

Morning speaker introductions: Lisa Little Wolf

    President Kimberly M. Vele:  “Family Circles”

    Shirley Dunn:  "River Indians: Mohicans Making History”

    JoAnn Schedler  “Mohican/Stockbridge Military History”

    Ted Filli:  “The Importance of Exploring Waterways Flowing To and From the Hudson River in Locating Contact Period Mohican Sites”

    Matthew T. Bradley: “Reconstructing the 17th century path across the Berkshires”

 

Seminar Luncheon: Buffalo Loaf (“Thunder Rumble”) , Maple Roasted Turkey, Wild Rice with Nuts and Berries, Succotash, Maple Squash, Corn Bread and Strawberry Desert-  Fresh Brewed Coffee,  Decaf, Hot Tea and Water

Afternoon speaker introductions: Larry Thetford

    James C. Davis: “A Brief Look at the Links Between the Prophecies of the Algonquin People and the Ongoing Elimination of Ancient Sacred                  

    Ceremonial Sites in the Hudson Valley Region”

    Ward Stone: The Destruction and Contamination of Mohican Ancestral Lands by the Cement Plant Operation in Ravena, Albany County, New York

    Ed Lenik: Mythic Creatures: Serpents, Dragons and Sea Monsters in Northeastern Rock Art 

    Paul Nevin: The Safe Harbor Petroglyphs - Research in the New Century

Panel Discussion:

    John Bonafide, Historic Preservation Services Coordinator, New York State Historic Preservation Office

     Nancy Herter, Scientist, Historic Preservation Archaeology Analyst, New York State Historic Preservation Office

    Charles E. Vandrei, Agency Historic Preservation Officer, New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, 
    Bureau of State Land Management, Historic Preservation Unit

    Jeff Gregg, Indian Nations Affairs Coordinator, New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Office of Environmental Justice

     The Army Corps of Engineers will have two representatives

 

Representatives from the New York State Historic Preservation Office, the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Army Corps of Engineers will discuss the process of reviewing potential projects within the State of New York. The focus will be on determining whether it is a federal, state, or SEQR project and how the agencies consult with the Native American Tribes.

 

Closing Remarks and Retreat of the Colors” by Mohican Veterans

 

Menu: Buffalo Loaf  (“Thunder Rumble”), Maple Roasted Turkey, Wild Rice with Nuts and Berries, Succotash, Maple Squash, Corn Bread and Strawberry Desert;  Fresh Brewed Coffee,  Decaf, Hot Tea and Water

 


 

April 16, 2010

 

Indigenous Women’s Wellness Weekend

Friday night, April 16 – 6pm through Sunday, April 18 – 4pm

Cost: $145.00 includes all workshops, meals, snacks, & pampering for the weekend.  Payable at the door. Accommodations at the Bed & Breakfast are available at reduced rates for participants. Join us for a weekend getaway full of pampering, plenty of laughing and health. Come for facials, yoga, hairstyling, reiki, massage, reflexology, manicures, nutrition, juicing, herbal teas, card readings, nature walks, creative writing, traditional guest speaker(s), music, workshops on nutrition and caring for heart, mind and body, and more!

 

Mowhawk - Kanatsiohareke Events

4934 State Highway Rt 5
Fonda, NY 12068
(518) 673-4197
(518) 673-3783

info@mohawkcommunity.com

www.mohawkcommunity.com   

 


 

April 18 - 21, 2010

 

2nd Annual National Forum on Dropout Prevention Strategies for Native and Tribal Communities 

Sheraton Crescent Hotel

Phoenix, AZ

 

 


 

April 24, 2010 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

 

7th Annual Georgetown Nature Fest

6530 Wentworth Springs Rd , Georgetown , CA

 

Free Admission

Featuring Music, Art, & Native Culture
Naturally Native: Women at the Drum Gathering
Mary Youngblood Music Healing Workshop

All Day Native Music, Dance, Storytelling, Poetry, Drums, Flutes, Cultural Presentations,

Arts & Crafts, Children's Activities, Demonstration Booths, Massage, Food Nature Area

 

Indoor Location:

IOOF Hall, 6420 Main Street , Georgetown , California

 

Evening Concert Featuring Two-Time Grammy Winner MARY YOUNGBLOOD  "First Lady of the Flute"

Special Appearance by Good Shield Aguilar, "Indigenous Soul' Music

Doors Open 6:00 PM, Music Begins 7:00 PM
 

Tickets $15.00 in Advance. $20 at the Door

Events Hosted by Friends of the Nature Area (FONA) and El Dorado County Indian Council (EDCIC) and KFOK Community Radio. In Partnership with Georgetown Divide Recreation District (GDRD)
 

 


www.georgetownnaturearea.org
Mignon Geli 530-334-3697 or mignon@kfok.org

Dorinda Moreno, Fuerza Mundial
Elders of 4 Colors 4 Directions
Hitec Aztec Collaborations/FM Global
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For!
fuerzamundial@gmail.net
CA Public Benefit corporation

 


 

April 29, 2010

 

Aurora Talking Circle and Drum

Hosted by Dave and Carol Duncan

Thursday, April 29 at 5:00 p.m.

Location: 1011 S. Jefferson Ave.   Aurora, Missouri  65605 
Highway 60 South from Springfield.  Turn right at the light (Elliott St) and you will see a Wal-Mart on the left.  Proceed down Elliott to the Subway Sandwich Shop on the left and make a left at the light.  Go one block and turn right at the stop sign onto Jefferson.  The house is a small white house on the left with the address prominently on the wall.  Please RSVP so we know how many are coming. (417) 678-0419 email
dduncan815@gmail.com

 


 

May 1, 2010

 

Global Love Day

 

Thanks to you, we are gaining incredible momentum and awareness sharing unconditional love and celebrating our humanity. Here is a brief summary and overview:

 

The Day

It is our vision to unite one and all in a celebration of love and compassion. We honor each May 1st as a symbolic day of unconditional love and call upon all people and all nations to gather together in the wisdom of peace and love.  Global Love Day is the universal recognition of our innate oneness through love. When we come from this limitless love, we naturally and easily embrace ourselves and our fellow humanity. Opening our heart, we allow unconditional love to be our guide and compassion to be our gift to life.  We invite you to celebrate with us by consciously focusing on love and what it means to you throughout this day. We hope that by practicing love in all areas of your life, you will find it easy to love unconditionally all year long.

 

Our main theme explains it best… Love Begins With Me”

 

What I Can Do

Simply be love. Let the love within your heart be the focus of your awareness throughout the day. Allow yourself to be accepting, forgiving, peaceful, joyful and in harmony with yourself and all life around you. Just be!  Allowing unconditional love to be your primary intention is the main idea, and if you find yourself also wanting to actually “do” something loving or share the day with others, we have provided some initial ideas on our site of how you may approach the day.  We encourage you to come up with your own inspired, creative ideas and expressions and also share them with us.  For more information, visit www.thelovefoundation.com or www.globalloveday.com  

 

Around the World

We launched this program in December 2003 for our first celebration on May 1, 2004 and already we have connected with people in over 136 countries. We hear daily from so many of you supporting this vision and through your kind efforts, our flyer is now translated into 35 languages. You have shown us that this simple idea is one whose time has come.

 

Send your art, essay and/or poetry submission for our seventh annual Art, Essay and Poetry Invitational held in conjunction with Global Love Day each year.  Visit our site for guidelines and more information.

 

Some Updates and Collaborations

Danish Ahmed has kindly offered his inspirational Love Movie with a link to Global Love Day.  Please enjoy and also share http://ordinarywords.com/love/  Several music artists have offered their songs of love for us to incorporate into the day.  Some of the events in the works; Tam is creating a music festival in Seattle this year, Rick is hosting a get-together in Minneapolis, Raphael is putting together an event in Abuja, Chris plans to have a dance party in London, Falguni is gathering her friends in San Francisco, Jana is spreading the love in Montana, Miss Mellie Rainbow will be appearing at Hue-Man bookstore in New York City, and many more to come.  

 

This is an easy and awesome way to participate by sharing Global Love Day with your friends.  And brand new for us this year, we are developing a virtual Global Love Day event on Second Life! We welcome you to join us this May 1st in whatever way you are inspired to share the love that you are.

 

Be a part of it.  Spread the word.

 

Love, light and peace,

 


 

May 1, 2010

 

Heal the Waters Ceremony

Worldwide Event

Sundown (in your place in the world)

 

On this day the world will come together and recognize the importance of water to all of life– to honor it, to heal it, and to be more conscious of how we interact with it. We invite you to become a part of this world-wide event. Check our list of ceremony sites, or consider leading a ceremony yourself. 

 

We chose May 1st since it is May Day.  It’s a play on words— “Mayday!” is a distress signal used when there was a life-threatening emergency at hand. Our waters are in a state of emergency and it’s time for us to take action and save our waters!

 

Learn More:   http://healthewaters.com/default.html

 


 

May 1, 2010

 

Traditional Speaker Series

Wampum Belts of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy with Darren Bonaparte

Saturday, May 1 – 1pm – 4pm

Cost: $40.00 includes light lunch and materials

Lecture on wampum and the wampum belts of the Confederacy, their meaning and significance to the Iroquois as well as their history within the context of settlement by Darren Bonaparte, Akwesasne Mohawk.

 

Mowhawk - Kanatsiohareke Events

4934 State Highway Rt 5
Fonda, NY 12068
(518) 673-4197
(518) 673-3783
info@mohawkcommunity.com

www.mohawkcommunity.com     

 


 

MAY 3, 2010 Sign-Up

May 8 - 9, 2010 Events

 

 

16th Annual Haskell Commencement
Indian Men & Women
Fast-Pitch Tournament

 

 

In conjunction with the Haskell Commencement Activities!

 Clinton Lake Sports Complex, Lawrence, Kansas

 

Entry Fee: $250.00         Money Order Only

 

*Prizes subject to change *

MEN AWARDS:  

Championship: $500 + Pullovers

Runner-up: $300 + T-Shirts

Third Place: $150

M.V.P. – Bat Bag/Jacket

 

WOMEN AWARDS: Sweatshirts, T-Shirts

 

Entry Deadline:  MAY 3, 2010

 

For Tournament Information:

Sherry Girty – sgirty@haskell.edu

Lou Edith Hara – lhara@haskell.edu

Kerry Cuny – kerrycuny@yahoo.com

 

Sherry Girty: 785.979.5501 Cell

Lou Edith Hara: 785.749.8404 x251 Work

Kerry Cuny – 785.979.1771 Cell

 


 

May 15, 2010

 

Iroquois Plant Medicines & Medicine Walk with Jan Longboat

Saturday, May 15 – 10am – 3pm

Cost: $40.00 includes all materials & lunch

Space is limited so register early.

A day of traditional teachings about Iroquois plant medicines & their uses within the culture for physical, spiritual and mental health and well-being with elder Jan Longboat (Six Nations Mohawk). Medicine walk in the woods around the community, gathering of plants and making salves and ointments to take home.

 

Mowhawk - Kanatsiohareke Events

4934 State Highway Rt 5
Fonda, NY 12068
(518) 673-4197
(518) 673-3783
info@mohawkcommunity.com

www.mohawkcommunity.com   

 

 


 

June 4 - 5, 2010


Western Cherokee Nation Old Settlers Gathering
Iron Mountain, Mena, Arkansas

 

Join us for our annual gathering. We are the descendants of the Old Settlers. BIA Petition # 191.  Dancers, drummers, sacred fire ceremony, food, and crafts. Come celebrate our heritage and learn about our nation.
 

Otter Johnson
2506 McNiel Ave
Wichita Falls, TX  76309
713-315-1963
otterlifter@hotmail.com

 


 

June 5 - 6, 2010

 

Traditional Arts Workshop Series

Iroquois Silversmithing

Saturday & Sunday, June 5& 6 – 9-3pm

Cost: $185.00 includes lunch & all materials

Register early as registration is limited. Accommodations available in Bed & Breakfast at a reduced rate for workshop participants.

A weekend of learning the Iroquois cultural art of silversmithing with Martin Loft (Kahnawake Mohawk).

 

Mowhawk - Kanatsiohareke Events

4934 State Highway Rt 5
Fonda, NY 12068
(518) 673-4197
(518) 673-3783
info@mohawkcommunity.com

www.mohawkcommunity.com   

 


 

June 25 - 27, 2010

 

World of One 2010 Expo
Birch Run Expo Center, 11600 N Beyer Road, Birch Run, Michigan

 

4th Annual “World of One” Holistic Health Psychic Expo

 

Birch Run Expo has over 110,000 square feet. It is with great honor that this event will help awareness of body, mind and soul throughout the World as “One”.

 

The World of One 2010 Expo includes hours of free entertainment, lecturers and demonstrations. 

 

Girls Night Out! on Friday Night and enjoy Michigan Crafters and original artwork.

 

A love donation for the Featherlink Tea Women of Unity will benefit:

Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Mount Pleasant Michigan to allow our Elders to teach our youth further education.

Along with No More Silence against Domestic Violence - Let us all help Heal - Michigan. 

 

Looking for vendors, artisans, speakers and performers.

 

June 25, 2010 3:00 pm until 10:00 pm;

June 26, 2010 10:00 am until 8:00 pm;

June 27, 2010 11 am until 6:00 pm

 

Ms Margo   248-935-8441
36335 Weideman Street, Clinton Twp, Michigan 48035
worldofoneexpo@yahoo.com
www.thebonereader.com

 


 

June 26  - 27, 2010

 

Annual Strawberry Festival

Saturday & Sunday, June 26 & 27 – Dawn to Dusk

Join us for our annual Strawberry Festival to celebrate the strawberry harvest and the passage of another year here at Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community! Traditional Native American and contemporary music and foods, Native crafts, arts and lacrosse demonstrations, Iroquois dancers and storytelling, horse drawn wagon rides and more!

 

Mowhawk - Kanatsiohareke Events

4934 State Highway Rt 5
Fonda, NY 12068
(518) 673-4197
(518) 673-3783

info@mohawkcommunity.com

www.mohawkcommunity.com 

 


 

July 3, 2010
 

Bonaparte Heritage Festival- Summer Gathering
Bonaparte, Iowa
 

A Heritage Festival on Independence Day weekend with a Native American Summer Gathering along the Des Moines River in Historic Bonaparte.  Native Ameican dancers, singers and story tellers are invited to participate. The Black Fox Drum group will drumming.  Vendors and demonstrations are welcome.  There will be a canoe race from Bentonsport to Bonaparte in the afternoon. The evening will include a parade, maidrite dinner hosted by the American Legion, rodeo, fireworks and a street dance.

 

Bonnie Cass,

Bonaparte Main St Director
406 4th. St. Apt. 7
Bonaparte, Iowa  52626

319-561-0992 or 319-592-3400
mamacass_3@yahoo.com
or mainstreet@bonaparte-iowa.com

www.bonaparte-iowa.com

 

 


 

July 7 and August 6, 2010

 

International Workshops in  Drum Building

Sweden

 

The international workshops will be held in English and takes place in Sweden

Do also take a look at the tools that we create - we have just updated with new tools.

Our drams are Samii inspired!

 

Greeting from Viele Grüsse / Många Hälsningar / Mange Hilsner

 

Erik & Susanne

www.shamandrums.com

www.shamantrommer.dk

se@shamantrommer.dk

Telephone: +45 62800052


 

July 30 - Aug 5
September 12 - 18
December 17 - 23

 

Guatamala / Mayan Gatherings

Posada de Santiago

 

6 nights & 7 days gatherings held at the Posada de Santiago - a stunningly beautiful boutique hotel set on the shores of awe-inspiring Lake Atitlan, surrounded by three majestic volcanoes. 

 

$795 ($295 for children) program price includes everything (meals, transportation, tax, tours, etc.) except airfare & tips!

 

Workshops, Tours & Entertainment
 

The hotel adjoins the ancient Mayan village of Santiago Atitlan - an easy walk to Santiago’s shops, marketplace and cultural sites. It has a pool, hot tub, sauna, spa, canoes, bikes, internet service and some of the the best food on the lake.


In addition to our regular Peacemakers’ Program (see below) including workshops on living a peaceful, sustainable & loving life, the gatherings will include a Mayan-oriented program including a cultural tour of Santiago Atitlan, a visit to  a Mayan sacred site, workshops on the wisdom of the Mayans and their sacred 2012 calendar. Horseback riding, nature and archaeological hikes and canoe trips are also available.

 

Tata Pedro Cruz
Tata Pedro Cruz is the Mayan Elder featured in our latest book, 2012: The Transformation from the Love of Power to the Power of Love. He is a member of the Council of Mayan Elders of Guatemala and 2005 World Peace Ambassador. He will offer his wisdom and his ancient ceremonies lakeside and address the Gatherings regarding his peoples' wisdom & prophecies. 

 

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Asheville, North Carolina Area Summer Gatherings 

3 - night / 4 - day
May 21 - 24

June 18 - 21
July 23 - 26
Aug 29 - Sept 1

 

6 night / 7- day
May 18 - 24

June 18 - 24
Aug 29 - Sept 4

 

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August 18 - 19, 2010

 

NATIVE BLOOD DRIVE

Join us in our fight against extinction!

The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma would like us to ‘go away’

 

The only place we are going, is to…

March on Washington, D.C.

 

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Lincoln Memorial / Reflecting Pool Area, 9:30 a.m.

 

http://www.chickamaugacherokee.org

 

 

CHEROKEE MARCH ON WASHINGTON

9:30 A.M.  Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool Area

 

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.      Recognition of Dignitaries

10:30 a.m.                           Opening Ceremonies

                                              Speeches

                                              Dancing and Music

3:00 p.m.                             Closing Ceremonies

 

Johnny Strongbow will speak and perform, Jay NightWolf of WPFW Radio will make a presentation.

 

The Indian Creek Band Chickamauga Cherokee Inc. (www.chickamaugacherokee.org) of Deltona, Florida in conjunction with the Green Dot for Earth (www.greendotforearth.org) will be having a gathering at the Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool Area beginning at 9:30A.M in an attempt to draw attention to the fact that many mixed blood Cherokees and the Cherokee Freedmen have been denied their rights and freedoms by the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

 

The CNO continually denies that many of us even exist by saying that ALL Cherokees walked the Trail of Tears during the forced removal of our people by the United States Government. Even history proclaims that many Cherokees his in the mountains and valleys to escape that dreadful time in our history as a race of people. During this period many tribes joined together forming the Chickamauga Confederacy such as the Shawnee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee in an attempt to regain the lands that were sold by a few Cherokee citizens who did not have the authority to do so.

 

At that time there was a law amongst the Cherokee that if one sold land to the whites that it was punishable by death and even that law was carried out when members of the Ridge Family were killed for what they had done. We are not trying to usurp any of the funding that currently is given to the three recognized tribes of the Cherokee but we are after the Recognition that is due us and that is that we are Cherokee the same as any Cherokee that currently lives on any reservation or is a member of any Federal Recognized Tribe. We have been ostracized by those tribes because we fought on for what was taken from us and now the CNO would attempt to strip us of even being able to say that we are Cherokee when may of us have more Native American Blood flowing through our veins than some of those that are on the Rolls that the BIA goes by. I am not saying that anyone having ¼ Indian Blood is anymore Indian that someone who only has 1/8 Indian Blood, but I do believe just like Dragging Canoe said ‘That if you have one drop of Cherokee Blood, then you are Cherokee through and through.

 

If anyone desires more information on this march, please contact Jean McKillip at no_moccasin_woman@yahoo.com or Director Terry Nichols of the Green Dot for Earth at TINICHOLS@mail.com or myself Kermit Manis at peacefuleagle@embarqmail.com.

 

We are seeking all those that will march with us on this monumental occasion to meet us there on that date.

 

Wado,

Kermit ‘Peaceful Eagle’ Manis, Wild Potato Clan Chief of The Indian Creek Band Chickamauga Cherokee, Inc.

 

PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITIONS:

www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-stop-native-american-discrimination

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/federal-recognition-for-chickamauga-cherokee-indian-creek-band

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/cherokeeheritageNA?e

 

 


 

September 21 - 22, 2010

 

FIBEA Manaus 2010 – Call for Papers & Presentations Conference:

Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship in the Americas

Centro Cultural dos Povos da Amazonia (CCPA), city of Manaus, Brazil

 

Sustainability & Indigenous Entrepreneurship

http://fibeamanaus.mgt.unm.edu

 

Conference Director & Creator:  Dr. Raul Gouvea,

Chair  FITE Department, Anderson Schools of Management, The University of New Mexico

 

Who Should Participate:  
Indigenous and non – indigenous entrepreneurs, Professors & Researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental agencies, students,    and any person interested in sustainable economic development and indigenous entrepreneurship related issues.

 

Conference Themes:

 I.            Sustainability  & Indigenous Entrepreneurship Strategies

 II.            Financing Strategies  

III.            Marketing Strategies:  Products, Services and Technologies & Know-How Indígenous:

 IV.          E-Commerce Strategies.

V.            Infraestructure & Indigenous Entrepreneurship:

 VI.          Education & Indigenous Entrepreneurship .

VII.          Challenges & Opportunities Facing Indigenous Entrepreneurship:

               Culture & traditional values, the role of women,  biopiracy, and the role of renewable & sustainable technologies.

VIII.         Indigenous Entrepreneurship Strategies: Handcrafts, Painting, Music, Cinema, Dance, and  Literature

 IX.          Indigenous Entrepreneurship Strategies:   Agricultural Products, Ecoturism, Mining, Fishing, Hunting,  Extrativism,  biotecnology:

 X.           The role of private enterprises, governmental and non governmental agencies in fostering and promoting indigenous entrepreneurship strategies:

  XI.         Promotion of  Strategic Alliances between Indigenous Entrepreneurs and Non-Indigenous Entrepreneurs: .

XII.          Case Studies: .

 

Student Participation: students are strongly encouraged to present papers & presentations and attend the conference.

Authors of accepted papers & presentions will be contacted July 30, 2010.
The FIBEA Proceedings will be made availble during the conference.

 

Chairing a Session: If you are interested in chairing a session please send an  e-mail to:   fibeamanaus@mgt.unm.edu.

 

Guidelines for Abstracts, Papers & Presentations:

Papers dealing with the conference main theme and sub-themes are invited. Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted as soon as possible. Abstracts should clearly state the purpose, results, and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper and presentations.

Please submit the following information whith your abstract:

-Title, Author (s) & Institution (s), Company, Organization,

-Addres (City, State, Country, ZIP Code, E-mail address, Phone/Fax (country and city code)

We strongly encourage the submission of abstracts electronically. Please submit your abstract via email to

fibeamanaus@mgt.unm.edu

 

Finalized Paper & Presentions Submission Deadline: August 30, 2010

1.       Submissions must be original. The author (s) must certify that the paper (s) has not been pusblished elsewhere..

2.       Authors and co-authors must register for an attend the conference in order to have their paper included in the proceedings.  

3.       Papers should not exceed 25 pages, double spced, including references, tables, and figures. Times New Roman characters, 12-point font-size,

          and double spaced, Microsoft word. Papers & presentations will be blind refereed.

4.       Presentations will be accepted in Microsoft Power Point format.

5.       All submissions should be sent to  fibeamanaus@mgt.unm.edu

 


October 16 - 17, 2010


Silverhawk Native American Flute Gathering
Withlacoochee River Park, Dade City, Florida

Withlacoochee River Park opens 9:00 am Saturday. Opening ceremony at 10:00 am. Closes 6:00 pm Sunday. Free admission and parking. There is a small county park fee for camping and electric. Vendors, crafts, flutes, blankets, Painted Ponies, Native American food, ice cream, caramel corn, Native American leather clothing, etc), nonstop entertainment all weekend (flute players, story tellers, singers, singing bowls, didge players, etc.), authentic Creek Indian village in the woods, 1800s settlement, trails thru the woods along the river, Saturday evening "Friendship Fire", "American Indian Christian Circle" Sunday at closing. A grassroots gathering in the country. Camping on the grounds. A family event, No Drugs or Alcohol allowed! Come join us for the weekend.  Public welcome

 

Dock Green Silverhawk
12449 Withlacoochee Blvd.
Dade City, Florida  33525
813-754-8990
slvhawk@aol.com
www.silverhawkflutegathering.com
 


 

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