Native American Speaks Event

Native American Speaks Event

• Location: ISM Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown
• Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Event will be held at Shore Acres Park, Chillicothe, IL on Saturday, August 25, 2012, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Don't miss this phenomenal opportunity for the whole family to learn about Native American culture from American Indian people from a host of different tribes, at this years Native American Speaks event.
 
Presented by, the 4 Directions Healing Foundation: a national Native American charitable and educational organization made up of American Indian people from different states and different tribes, based out of Chillicothe, IL. https://www.4directionshealingfoundation.org/

Full Event Schedule
10:00 – 11:00 am - Storytelling (Fred Shaw, Jo Lakota)
 
11:00 – 11:20 am - Adam Danner, Lionel Little Eagle
 
11:00 am – Noon - Kids' Time (side location)
 
11:20 am – Noon - Lionel Little Eagle (Pipe Ceremony), Tom John (Prayer)
 
Noon - 1:00 pm - Jamie Russell (Concert)
 
1:00 – 2:00 pm - Time with our Elders: Mel Grey Owl, Randy Tuttle, Gary Billiot, and Phyllis John
 
1:00 –­ 2:00 pm - Kids’ Time (side location)
 
2:00 – 3:00 pm - Drum/Dance Demonstration (Spirit of the Rainbow Drum, Jimmy Lakota, Dennis Weaver)
 
3:00 – 4:00 pm - Open Dancing/mini powwow (Spirit of the Rainbow Drum)

Confirmed Participants:
Mel Grey Owl (Dakota Nation, Crow Creek Reservation) Elder, Speaker
Jamie Russell (Cherokee Nation Oklahoma) Singer/Songwriter
Spirit of the Rainbow Drum
Adam Danner (mixed blood/adopted Ottawa) 4DHF Pres., Speaker
Fred Shaw (Shawnee) 4DHF Director, Internationally renowned Storyteller
Jo Lakota (Lakota, Yakima) Storyteller
Adrienne Trevathan (Port Gamble Sk'llalam) 4DHF Director
Phyllis Singing Bird (Mohawk, Seneca) 4DHF Director
Randy Tuttle (Lakota Nation, Pine Ridge Reservation) Speaker
Carol Lakota Eastin (Lakota, Yakima) 4DHF Director
Eliida Lakota (Lakota, Yakima) Storyteller
Danira Parra (Pima, Yaqui) 4DHF Director
Lionel Little Eagle Pinn (Mikmaq Nation) 4DHF Vice President, Speaker, Pipe Carrier
Gary Billiot (Houma Nation) Speaker
Tom and Phyllis John (Grand Traverse Band Ottawa/Chippewa) 4 DHF Directors, Elders
Dennis Weaver (Cherokee descent) Central Illinois Gourd Dance Society
 
For more information or if you have a question please call 309-635-1107.