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SUMMARY:13th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival
DESCRIPTION:the festival will include memorable\, inspiring presentations by:\n\n\n\nBeloved Mohawk Elder Tom Porter\n\nBeautiful mesmerizing flute music by Nipmuck flute maker Hawk Henries\n\nAquinnah Wampanoag singer songwriter Thea Hopkins\n\nNipmuc culture bearer Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines\, who will share Eastern woodlands skills demonstrations and lead social dances on Sunday only which all are invited to participate in\n\nAbenaki story tellers and musicians Joseph and Jesse Bruchac (Saturday only)\n\nPenobscot Rez Dog Singers\n\nLiz Coldwind-Santana Kiser\, Elder\, Council member\, and the THPO of the Chaubunagungamaug Band of Nipmuck Indians will offer opening words of Welcome.\n\nJustin Beatty will emcee\n\nThe History Tent will feature talks by Marge Bruchac\, "Recovering Histories of Native Presence"\; members of the Native Land Conservancy\, "Indigenous Land Rescue"\; and Evan Pritchard\, "Lost Cosmologies of the Algonquin People"\n\nDavid Brule will share brief local historical insights derived from his popular 'King Philip's War in Your Backyard" presentations at intervals between presentations.\n\nScott Strong Hawk Foster\, Nipmuc photographer whose exhibit is on display within walking distance down the bike path at the Great Falls Discovery Center\, will be present for conversations at his booth both days.\n\nThere will be children's activities including corn husk doll making with Mashpee-Wampanoag Kitty Hendricks-Miller\, Indian Education Coordinator for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and fish printing with FirstLight/DCR. We host about 40 outstanding Indigenous artists and authors in a colorful and diverse marketplace that extends the full length of the riverside bike path on both sides.   It is a wonderful\, uplifting\, multi-generational\, accessible and free event people look forward to every year.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:the festival will include memorable\, inspiring presentations by:<br />\n<br />\nBeloved Mohawk Elder Tom Porter<br />\nBeautiful mesmerizing flute music by Nipmuck flute maker Hawk Henries<br />\nAquinnah Wampanoag singer songwriter Thea Hopkins<br />\nNipmuc culture bearer Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines\, who will share Eastern woodlands skills demonstrations and lead social dances on Sunday only which all are invited to participate in<br />\nAbenaki story tellers and musicians Joseph and Jesse Bruchac (Saturday only)<br />\nPenobscot Rez Dog Singers<br />\nLiz Coldwind-Santana Kiser\, Elder\, Council member\, and the THPO of the Chaubunagungamaug Band of Nipmuck Indians will offer opening words of Welcome.<br />\nJustin Beatty will emcee<br />\nThe History Tent will feature talks by Marge Bruchac\, &ldquo\;Recovering Histories of Native Presence&rdquo\;\; members of the Native Land Conservancy\, &ldquo\;Indigenous Land Rescue&rdquo\;\; and Evan Pritchard\, &ldquo\;Lost Cosmologies of the Algonquin People&rdquo\;<br />\nDavid Brule will share brief local historical insights derived from his popular &lsquo\;King Philip&rsquo\;s War in Your Backyard&rdquo\; presentations at intervals between presentations.<br />\nScott Strong Hawk Foster\, Nipmuc photographer whose exhibit is on display within walking distance down the bike path at the Great Falls Discovery Center\, will be present for conversations at his booth both days.<br />\nThere will be children&rsquo\;s activities including corn husk doll making with Mashpee-Wampanoag Kitty Hendricks-Miller\, Indian Education Coordinator for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and fish printing with FirstLight/DCR. We host about 40 outstanding Indigenous artists and authors in a colorful and diverse marketplace that extends the full length of the riverside bike path on both sides.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;It is a wonderful\, uplifting\, multi-generational\, accessible and free event people look forward to every year.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2182/Image/756223298_3629938600489072_6365196787230748426_n.jpg" style="width: 625px\; height: 804px\;" />
LOCATION:Unity Park Waterfront\, Turners Falls
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DTSTAMP:20260729T162057Z
URL:https://chamber.franklincc.org/events/details/13th-annual-pocumtuck-homelands-festival-08-02-2026-32729
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