8th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival
Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/07/2021 - 08/08/2021
12:00 am
Location
Unity Park
Categories
Tags 8th Annual, Homelands Festival, Massachusetts, Native American, Pocumtuck, Turner Falls, Unity Park
8th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures, Saturday, August 7, Sunday, August 8, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Unity Park, Turner Falls, MA. Special Guests: Tom Porter, Mohawk Spiritual Leader and Annawon Weeden, actor, activist, dancer and artist with Mashpee Wampanoag, Narragansett and Pequot heritage. Live music with Jennifer Kreisberg (Tuscarora) who comes from four generations of Seven Singing Sisters through the maternal line. Black Hawk Singers. Traditional music by the Kingfisher Singers; contemporary Algonquin music with Nulhegan-Abenaki singer-songwriter Bryan Blanchette , Justin Beatty. emcee. Superior Native American arts and crafts vendors, Eastern Woodlands skills demonstrations, Ceremonial Stone Landscapes display, children’s activities including making corn husk dolls with Kerri Helme; social dancing, history presentations, Native American food vendor. Free, welcoming, accessible, and fun for all ages and backgrounds. There will be a free raffle to win a bark basket by Jennifer Lee ($200 value).
10 AM- OPENING
10:15 AM-BLACK HAWK SINGERS
11 AM – TOM PORTER
(11:45 AM – 12:15 PM SATURDAY ONLY – BUILDING BRIDGES MURAL PRESENTATION AT REC BUILDING)
12 PM – THE KINGFISHER SINGERS
1 PM – BRYAN BLANCHETTE
2 PM – ANNAWON WEEDEN “ADVOCACY & ALLIANCE”
3 PM – JENNIFER KREISBERG
4 PM – BLACK HAWK SINGERS
4:45 PM – CLOSING
HISTORY PRESENTATIONS IN HISTORY TENT
12 PM – DAVID BRULE
1 PM – EVAN PRITCHARD
