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Native Presence at Gaia Festival, August 5-7
Wild Embers, in collaboration with Red Earth Descendants, will have a table in the Longhouse village at the upcoming Gaia Festival, August 5-7, at the old Hog Farm (circa Woodstock era) in Northern California. Featured will be Ed Little Crow's "A Opchine WaLa Ohkon" and a NEW RELEASE of "Ghost Rider Roads" ~ collected essays from old AIM years, including work by Ben Carnes, Judy Gumbo Albert, Barry Bachrach and Robert Robideau (RIP). John Trudell will also be performing in the Longhouse Village all three days of the Festival. Click "read more."
Gaia Festival
Wild Embers in collaboration with Red Earth Descendants will be hanging out at Gaia Festival Aug. 5-7 ... at the old Hog Farm (circa woodstock era) in N. California... Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville, Ca. Providing info about RED Projects and a table full of stories/books....
we'll feature the NEW second edition of Ed Little Crow's A Opchine Wala Ohkon anda NEW RELEASE Ghost Rider Roads... collected essays and other realities from old AIM Years, ...including work by Ben Carnes, Judy Gumbo Albert, Barry Bachrach & Robert Robideau (RIP).....
for more info visit www.wildembers.com
Whistling Elk travels to Wisconsin!
Whistling Elk Singers will make the long trek back to Lac Courte Oreilles Honor the Earth Pow Wow in Wisconsin--home rez for Drum Keeper--by way of sacred sites in South Dakota and other home rez stops. It will be an amazing, educational and spiritual journey for the youth involved, seeing their families homelands for the first time. We appreciate your prayers for safe travel and your support through R.E.D..
Community Garden Gathering
Come join us for an evening in the garden. We plan to harvest the garlic and plant more squash in its place, along with the usual watering and weeding.
Community Garden Gathering
Come join us for an evening in the garden to do some more planting, weeding and watering!
Elder~Youth Conference, 2011
There is nothing more important to our vision than to provide the Elder~Youth Conference for the children in our community. Our Elder~Youth camp last month was another beautiful gathering. In collaboration with Grandma Aggie's Salmon Gathering, we were once again blessed to host a camp for youth and elders that allowed us to camp out in the Applegate Valley for four days, spending our days providing teachings for the kids, field trips to the lake, doing Ceremony and supporting the vision of the Salmon Ceremony (click "read more" below photos).
Elder~Youth Conference THIS WEEK!
Red Earth Descendants' Elder~Youth Conference officially begins tomorrow!
Loose schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, June 15 ~ Set-up, settle in, get acquainted with each other.
Thursday, June 16 ~ Teachings and other activities.
Friday, June 17 ~ Teachings and other activities (weaponry courses will be this day).
Saturday, June 18 ~ Grandma Aggie's Salmon Ceremony!
(click under picture to 'read more' for further information!)
Under 'teachings and other activities,' we don't have a set schedule. In our usual tradition, we wait until
R.E.D. Meeting
Come join us for a garden get-together and biz meeting--last meeting before Elder~Youth Conference to hash out the last details! Thank you for supporting where you can.
R.E.D.~Lomakatsi Social
Come join us for a 'special occasion' Social, to welcome Lomakatsi and a Klamath Tribe work crew from Chiloquin to our community and share a good meal. Potluck, if you can!
Playing for the Angels
The Ashland Food Angels is having a musical fundraiser called "Playing for the Angels - an evening of Music, Mime and Merriment" on Friday evening, June 10, from 7 to 10 pm in the Rogue River Room, Stevenson Union, at SOU. Entry is by donation with suggested donation from $5 to $25. Music will be provided by Richard Williams, David Gabriel, Laura Derocher, Aletha Nowitzky, and Purple Cabbage, with room for dancing. The evening will open with a bit of mime by the Ashland Mime Troupe, and a silent auction of art objects is also part of the evening.