First Peoples’ Festival 10-4 + Screening @ Cinemapolis 9-29 of Documentary of Guswenta: Renewing the Two Row
Monday, September 29, 6:30pm
A documentary at Cinemapolis:
“Guswenta: Renewing the Two Row”
by Gwendolyn Cates with discussion after
with Daygot Leeyos, Andy Mager & Donna Silversmith
$10 suggested (no one turned away)
With sponsorship by Ithaca Catholic Workers and Sara Pines
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FIRST PEOPLES’ FESTIVAL
A CELEBRATION OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE
Saturday, October 4
10 am – 5:30 pm
Dewitt Park, Ithaca
11 am – Traditional Opening by Cayugas
Welcome by Mayor Svante Myrick & Dan Hill, Cayuga Nation
Performances:
- Kontiwennenhawi – Akwesasne Women Singers
*Perry Ground, Traditional Stories
- Dan Hill, Cayuga, Flute
- Crow Weaver Band
- Emilio Benites, Peruvian, Zamponas
- Craig Luther, Diné, Flute
Children’s activities:
Amazing Pete’s balloon creations, storytelling, face painting, Home Depot building projects, corn husk doll making with Marcy & Bernadette Kane, Seneca Nation
Arts & Crafts: beadwork, paintings, clothing, lacrosse sticks, flutes, jewelry, silent auction
Food Vendors: corn soup, fry bread, tacos, vegan/vegetarian options
For more info contact: Audrey J Cooper 607.272.2292 www.multicultural-resource.org
FaceBook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/548501661944910/
Coordinated by: The Multicultural Resource Center.
Cosponsors: Cornell University, CU American Indian Program, Ithaca College Center for the Study of Race Culture & Ethnicity, IC Event Services, TC Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cayuga Medical Center, Home Depot, Downtown Ithaca Alliance in partnership with Apple Harvest Festival. Funded in part by the Tompkins County Tourism Program.