April 1 - October
14, 2007 (Opening reception April 14 from 3 to 6 )
"CULTURAL
CONTRASTS: Contemporary Iroquois Commentaries”.
Exhibition featuring 6
Iroquois photographers and
"Life
Creations" a Multi-media installation by Natasha Smoke Santiago, Mohawk.
"Life Creations" by Natasha Smoke Santiago
"With
Song And Dance The Iroquois Give Thanks"
May 26 & 27:
TUSCARORA DANCERS LED BY NINA & ORVILLE GREENE
“Longhouse Lectures”
June
3, 2007 at 1 p.m. – Robert Spiegelman, “New
York's Missing Link: The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, Then and Now
& Sally Roesch Wagner, “The
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Influence on Women's Rights”
“Longhouse Lectures”
June 24, 2007 at 1
p.m.- Laurence Hauptman, “Iroquois
Indian Elders in Historical Perspective: Three Portraits”
July
7, 2007 from 1:00 to 4:00
TOUR OF THE FISHING & HUNTING CAMPSITES
Saturday, July 14, 2007 from 10 to 6
CORN CELEBRATION: A MULTI-CULTURAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
featuring HAUDENOSAUNEE DANCERS of ONONDAGA LED BY SHERRI WATERMAN HOPPER
A celebration of one of the
Iroquois "Three Sisters" - corn. Local musicians, storytelling, Nature Walk,
locally grown food products, community exhibits, and petting zoo.
Co-Sponsored by the School of Country Wisdom – Schoharie
County Chamber of Commerce.
“Sharing
The Gifts”
July 21 &
22: TBA
“Sharing
The Gifts”
July 28 & 29: ROGER PARISH, MOHAWK –
demonstration of papermaking
“Sharing
The Gifts”
August 4 & 5: ROBIN HOOPER MILLER – demonstration of
beadworking
“With Song & Dance The Iroquois Give Thanks”
August 11 & 12 :
ALLEGANY INDIAN
RIVER DANCERS LED BY BILL CROUSE
Labor Day Weekend -
September 1, 2, & 3, 2007
26th ANNUAL IROQUOIS FESTIVAL
featuring THE SKY DANCERS FROM SIX NATIONS
This three day event is known
world wide for its large Iroquois Art Market, dancers, singers,
storytellers, native food, children’s activities, genealogy and archeology
tables and much more.
“With
Song & Dance The Iroquois Give Thanks”
September 29 & 30:
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK DANCERS LED BY ALAN BRANT
September
29, 2007 from 1:00 to 4:00
TOUR OF THE FISHING & HUNTING CAMPSITES
"Longhouse Lectures”
October 14th at 1 p.m. - Eugene Boesch, "Understanding
Past Native American Cultures in the Hudson Valley Through Archaeology
November 4th
3:00 to 6:00
FALL
PARTY AND GALLERY OPENING
"Excellence
in Iroquois Arts: Leigh Smith" – retrospective exhibition honoring the work
of Mohawk potter Leigh Smith from Six Nations Reserve.
November 11, 2007
HONORING NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS
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These events are made possible with
public funds from the New York
State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the New
York Council for the Humanities. Additional contributions come from members and
friends of the Iroquois Indian Museum.
