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May 28 & 29, 2011 Strengthening Our Spirit & Creating Unity by Celebrating Our Diversity through Indigenous music, wisdom, arts and culture! When you come to the Native Circle Touch the Earth Festival you’re going to enjoy the only Native American festival of its kind in Oswego County. This free family oriented-event has featured award winning Native American Artists from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Syracuse, Pulaski, and Mexico NY:
* Thunder Hawk Singers, 2009 Native American Music Award winners for their CD Native Pride; 2010 Native American Music Award nominees for their contribution to the compilation CD Rise Up
* Owl & Dove, formerly known as Sacred Winds, 2010 Native American Music Award nominees for their compilation CD The Best of Searching Owl; 2010 Native American Music Award nominees for their contribution to the compilation CD Rise Up
* The Storytellers, 2008 & 2010 Native American Music Award winners for Best Spoken Word Recording; 2010 Native American Music Award nominees for their contribution to the compilation CD Rise Up
* Joseph Firecrow, 2007 GRAMMY™ nominated and Native American Music Award winning flute player; 2010 Native American Music Award winner for Artist of the Year & Flutist of the Year for his brand new CD Face The Music
* Corn Bred, winners of the 2007 NAMMY™ for Best Blues Jazz Recording
Educational presenters have included:
* Laura K. Vannah’s “Totem Spirits” workshop
* Nancy Kaiser’s interactive Wild Spring Edibles lecture and nature walk
* Richard & Leslie LaCrosse’s Native American pre-contact wigwam camp site
* Kenvyn Richard’s wood-carving demonstrations
* The Salmon River International Sport and Fishing Museum walk-in displays
* An interactive hands-on demonstration by Narrow Gate Farms of the many stages wool takes to become a usable product
* Vicky Shenandoah, from the Oneida Nation, demonstrating traditional bead-working
* Mary Gillen’s “Reiki for Animals & People” presentation
* People of the Standing Stone Dancers Iroquois Social Dancers from the Oneida Nation, who were added in 2010. For young families, The Native Circle Touch the Earth Festival provides activities and entertainment for children at its popular Children’s Activity Area, which features making bracelets and painting “spirit rocks”. The activities are carefully chosen to inform, entertain and educate youngsters, but visitors of all ages loved these presentations and demonstrations. Young and old alike gained knowledge and understanding of Indigenous culture and wisdom through these educational programs. Founded in 2006 by Laura K. Vannah, visitors to this festival will receive a very ‘real’ experience of Indigenous ways of life through song, storytelling, dance, and interactive educational programs. By sharing in and exploring those differences we are able to experience the common threads that unite us.
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