Indigenous Peoples Days 2011

Planning, Operations and Volunteer Information

Please see http://www.indigenouspeoplesdays.org for other information.

PLANNING FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAYS 2011

IPD this year will be October 7-10. Friday night will be a round dance in downtown Nevada City. Saturday through Monday, all events will be at a new location, Sycamore Ranch, on the South Yuba River and Highway #20, 4.5 miles west of Parks Bar bridge.

Planning meetings are open to the public.

NEW MEETING SCHEDULE

Planning meetings for IPD ’11 have changed from Thursday to Wednesday, 6 – 7:30 PM.

The new schedule for July and August is: FIRST and THIRD Wednesday. That is: July 6, July 20, Aug. 3, Aug. 17.

The new schedule for Sept. is: EVERY Wednesday. That is: Sept. 7, Sept. 14, Sept. 21, and Sept. 21.

It is not necessary to attend meeting in order to volunteer for IPD ’11. But lots of help is needed. So, please call Volunteer Coordinator, Steph, at 530-271-7386, or me at 530-913-6446.

We are all excited about the changes in IPD this year. Long time activist-poet John Trudell will headline a fundraiser for the Tsi AKim Maidu on Friday, October 7. The rest of the weekend, including the Calling Back the Salmon ceremony on Saturday, entertainment and the Descendants Circles on Sunday, and the children’s program and Richard Prout Memorial Dinner on Monday, will all be at the Sycamore Ranch on Highway 20, on the Yuba River 4.5 miles west of the Parks Bar bridge.

Hope to see you!

Joan Buffington

SCHEDULE – INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAYS 2011

FRIDAY
6:00 PM – Round dance and opening ceremony,  Union St, Nevada City
7:30 PM – The Tsi Akim Maidu present John Trudell, Grass Valley Veterans Hall, Grass Valley.

SATURDAY – sunrise to sunset
Sunrise- Sunrise ceremony
About noon – arrival of runners at Sycamore,
Calling Back the Salmon Ceremony,
Followed by celebration and salmon dinner

SUNDAY – 10 AM to sunset
Descendants Circles, times TBA
Between circles, music and entertainment
Indian tacos and other food available
Vendors on site

MONDAY 10 AM to 7 PM
10 AM to 12 noon – Children’s Program
12 noon to 5 PM – music, entertainment, discussion circles
5 PM – Richard Prout Memorial Dinner

Vendors will be on site Sunday and Monday
Maori healers will have a healing space throughout the days
Q’eros will hold a Prophecy Circle

All above activities Saturday, Sunday, and Monday will be at:
Kulu, an ancient Maidu village site located on the Yuba River
at Sycamore Ranch Park
Highway #20, 4.5 miles west of Parks Bar Bridge.

For more information, call the Tsi Akim tribal office
530-274-7497

In addition,
at the Maidu Active Cultural Center, on Lake Vera Purdon Road, will be:

SATURDAY evening, Veterans Circle
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, Karpai with the Q’ero of Peru.