Friday, April 25, 6 - 9:30 pm
LOCATION: Brooklyn Friends School 375 Pearl St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, and Brooklyn Friends Meetinghouse 110 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Friday evening no cost. Saturday Suggested Donation: $25. No one will be turned away. Lunch and refreshments included.
Friday evening, April 25
6:00 pm Opening Thanksgiving Address, dinner, and a keynote presentation on Haudenosaunee values: gifts to our contemporary world by Freida Jacques, Onondaga Nation Clanmother and educator. This will be followed by Haudenosaunee Social Dancing in which all are invited to join. No Charge
9:00 Gathering, light refreshments
Keynote: - Tom Porter: From Where We Stand to Seven Generations (30 min, plus 15 min q and a) 11:00 Workshops
- Bringing the Haudenosaunee Longhouse into the Classroom—Kay Olan (Mohawk, retired teacher)
- Creating an Ally organization/working as allies to indigenous people—, Andy Mager (Two Row Wampum Campaign Coordinator), Sally Bermanzohn (Retired professor of political science, Brooklyn College and cofounder of Neetopk Keetopk: Sharing the River of Life), others
- Incorporating indigenous perspectives into environmental activism/TEK and SEK—Charlotte Logan (Mohawk), Elizabeth Nanticoke (Mohawk), Aya Yamamoto (Two Row Campaign and SUNY College of Environmental Science and others
- Drumming Workshop – Spirit of Thunderheart
1:00 Lunch (with informal discussions over lunch on topics of interest to participants)
2:30 Presentation Session I
- Role of Haudenosaunee Women and influence on Women’s Rights Movement – Daygot Leeyos Edwards (Oneida), Sally Bermanzohn (retired professor of political science, Brooklyn College and community organizer)
- Unity and the Oppressed: The Ramapough and recent film “Out of the Furnace” – Chief Dwaine Perry (Ramapough)
- Forgotten Founders: Haudenosaunee influences on US Democracy – Kay Olan (Mohawk, retired teacher), Andy Mager (Two Row Wampum Campaign Coordinator)
- Guswenta: Renewing the Two Row Wampum, a short film by Gwendolen Cates – Hickory Edwards (Onondaga), Gwendolen Cates (filmmaker), others
- Indigenous Media – ???
- Lessons from Maine's Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Denise Altvater (Passamaquoddy) and Arla Patch
3:45 Presentation Session II
- The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Progress and Challenges – Roberto Múkaro Borrero (Taíno,)
- The Anti-Fracking Struggle and Indigenous Rights – Hickory Edwards (Onondaga Nation lead paddler), others
- Doctrine of Discovery – Susan Wolf (New York Yearly Meeting of Quakers Indian Affairs Committee), others
- Three Lessons in Peace – Freida Jacques (Onondaga Nation clanmother and educator)
- Native New Yorkers – Evan Pritchard (Algonquin educator and author)
5:00 Closing Plenary— Unity: The Path Forward for Indigenous Peoples and their Allies – Hawk Storm (Schaghticoke), Chief Carlos (Taíno), Chief Twobears Ross (Cherokee) and Chief Wolfwalker (Schaghticoke)
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Full schedule and registration information at: http://www.honorthetworow.org/teach-in
Co-sponsored by Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign in conjunction with Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn Friends Meeting and NYC Free Peltier
Additional Co-sponsors (list in formation): American Indian Law Alliance, Judson Memorial Church,Native Resistance Network, Neetopk Keetopk: Sharing the River of Life
For more information, or to offer to assist in some way, contact Aya Yamamoto or Tom Rothschild.
During the day on Friday, a variety of events and presentations will be held for students at the Brooklyn Friends School.
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