Indigenous Peoples’ Day Festival on the Onondaga Nation at Tsha’ Thoñ’nhes
We are excited to be with you for our 3rd Indigenous Peoples’ Day Festival on the Onondaga Nation, Sunday, October 12th, 11 am – 5 pm, at Tsha’ Thoñ’nhes (3370 State Rte. 11A): free, open to the public, and fun for everyone. Enjoy children’s activities all day and our sensory/nursery room for a quiet space. We have SEVEN food vendors this year- come hungry!- and over 50 community organizations and fine art and craft vendors (card and cash accepted- ATM available at Firekeepers Diner on Rte 11). This event is ADA accessible for mobility devices; certified service animals welcome. KN95 masks for adults and children will be avilable at the greeters table. The organizers strongly encourage carpooling!
Program Schedule:
~11:00 am Opening Thanksgiving Address
~11:30 am Featured Artist: Peter Jones – Pottery
~12:00 pm Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers – participatory social dancing
~12:45 pm Featured Artist: Barry Powless – Painting
~1:15 pm Onondaga Women Singers
~1:40 pm Speaker: Hilary-Anne Coppola – The Dangers of Nuclear Power
~2:00 pm Speaker: Jeanne Shenandoah – Celebration! Return, Reawakening, Restoration of 1,000 acres
~2:20 pm Featured Artist: Huggy (John) & Monique – Beading, Clothing and Quill work
~2:50 pm Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers – participatory social dancing (second session)
~3:30 pm TO BE DECIDED
~4:00 pm Culture Dance Group featuring “Youth Smoke Dance Class”
~5:00 pm Closing Thanksgiving Address
Menu: BBQ w/ sides, grilled corn, strawberry drink, lemonade, soda, bison stew, burgers w/ sides, 3 sisters salad, smashburgers on hot scoons, corn soup, 3 sisters soup, cornbread, tacos on frybread, hot scoons, scoon dogs, hot dogs, strawberry shortcake, and more!
Art and fine crafts for sale: beadwork, beading supplies, beaded jewelry, leatherwork, stonework, bonework, sashes, sculpture, skirts, medallions, earrings, key chains, lanyards, art prints, woodwork, greeting cards, baskets, wampum jewelry, moccasins, herbal medicines, salves, tinctures, regalia, clothing, trade silver, flutes, beaded purses, velvet birds, shirts, and more!
Community organizations and sponsors who will be tabling: Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force, Onondaga Nation Education, Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center, Onondaga Nation Farm, First Nations Employee Resource Group – National Grid, Zen Center of Syracuse, Syracuse DSA, EnergySmart CNY, CNY Solidarity Coalition, Upstate Medical University, University of Rochester, Cancer Services Program- Onondaga County Health Department, Native American Veterans Awareness, Syracuse University Engaged Humanities Network, Alliance for a Green Economy, Jewish Voice for Peace Syracuse, Onondaga County Public Libraries, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/Syracuse Peace Council, We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage CNY, and Center for Native Peoples & the Environment.
Our other sponsors include: Unchained, ArtRage Gallery, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, Onondaga Community College Foundation, American Indian Law Alliance, Indigenous Values Initiative, and Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance.
Major funding provided by Central New York Community Foundation. Organized by Onondaga Nation community members, Tsha’Thon’nhes staff, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/Syracuse Peace Council, and We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage CNY.
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