We welcome Shelli Lipton & Nathan Koenig of the Woodstock Museum And The Red Feather Drummers & Educators

We will be showing the film "Iroquois Power for the 21st Century" throughout the day.

This film is a seven-episode extravaganza exclusively from the Iroquois point of view. In 1978, filmmaker Nathan Cohen heard and captured the most powerful mindful speech at the Cathedral of St. John of the Divine in New York City. The orator was Onondaga faithkeeper Oren Lyons. When Woodstock Museum founder Shelli Lipton was introduced to the speech, she joined the effort to learn about the Haudenosaunee, a.k.a. Iroquois, governing under the Great Law of Peace, the confederacy of Five Nations who agreed to stop warring among themselves and achieve a new paradigm of peace. Nathan and Shelley followed their instinct, expanding the film with Iroquois scholars, historians, and imagery collected via museums, libraries, and private collections to add visual power by conveying the story without outstanding visuals.

Learn More About Woodstock Museum: https://woodstockmuseum.com/

The Red Feather Drummers and educators will be performing during intermission

The Red Feathers today and for the next seven generations.

Today, women drum, sing, and dance alongside men.

They share traditions with spirit, strength and and wisdom-connecting past and future.

The Red Feathers are women of native descent who share culture through traditional drumming and dance, displays of handmade crafts and artifacts.

They present in diverse settings such as schools, historical societies, libraries, churches, environmental, and retreat centers and senior centers are connected with the Association of the Native Americans of the mid-Hudson Valley, active since the 1970s.

A red feather in native culture symbolizes bravery, strength, courage, spirituality, and the freedom to be your true self.

The Red Feathers will be represented by grandmother, Judith Laughing Owl- Eastern Band Cherokee-Keeper of the Women's Drum and Songs, and Janet Me-Too Laughing Eyes/Canadian Band Ojibwe & Mohawk, program coordinator

Schedule (subject to change based on the needs of the facilitators and flow of the day):

12:00 Opening with Thanksgiving address

12:45 Film begins

2:45 Break/Snacks

3:15 Red Feather Drumming presentation

4:00 Film continues

Followed by Q&A with the filmmakers

Suggested Donation of $20 or more appreciated. (In advance or pay at the door).