9:15 -9:45 REGISTRATION
9:45- 10:00 WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS, OVERVIEW
10:00-10:30 BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO the MOHAWK PEOPLE, the VILLAGE OF CAUGHNAWAGA and the devastation of contact
10:30-11:00 THE THANKSGIVING ADDRESS and what it teaches us about the first peoples’ view of life and their relationship to nature (Terri Delahanty, Many Feathers)
11:00-11:15 MUSICAL INTERLUDE (Eric Marczak -Native flute)
11:15-11:55 THE END OF ICE AND THE BEGINNING OF A VISION QUEST (Dahr Jamail)
11:55- 12:05 Musical Interlude
12:05 - 12:45 Simple Community Lunch (Provided)
12:45-2:00 A READING TO FEED CONSCIOUSNESS, HEART, RESISTANCE, RESILIENCE: from GHOST FISHING and WRITING TO FEED CONSCIOUSNESS, HEART, RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE - A mini writing workshop for the sixth extinction. (Melissa Tuckey)
2:00-4:00 A SILENT PILGRIMAGE WALK to Caughnawaga with reflections guided by the THANKSGIVING ADDRESS and the Haudenosaunee CALL TO CONSCIOUSNESS, Time for personal reflection, writing, etc. (With Terri Delahanty, Dahr Jamail, Melissa Tuckey and accompanied on flute by Eric Marczak)
4:00 Departures