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After the Harvest
As the blustery winds of autumn blew in much-needed rain over the weekend, RED hosted our annual fall event on Saturday, October 23. Our Native Harvest Gathering was a day of hands-on activities in food processing and a celebration of the harvest. Our two main projects were corn grinding and acorn processing. People attending were able to see all the phases of these indigenous foods being processed--from the shucking of the corn to the milling of it, and then sifting and making the corn meal for breads.
Traditional Nimi'ipuu (Nez Pierce) Long House
LONGHOUSE SCHEDULE
Red Earth Descendants will hold monthly LongHouse at the Ole Siskiyou Barn
LongHouse Starts @ 9:45am and follows with a potluck, please bring a dish. LongHouse attire is traditionally skirts/dress and a shawl for women and long sleeve shirt/pants and vest for men; this is a suggestion only. Traditional Buckskins are also appropriate.
OCTOBER 24th
NOVEMBER 21st
Benefit Film Screening: "For The Next 7 Generations"
See the film everyone is talking about! One night only, special benefit event. $10 tickets at HeartSong and 13GrandmothersMovie.com
FOR THE NEXT 7 GENERATIONS
Saturday, November 6 at 7 p.m. at the Rogue Theatre in Grants Pass.
We need to hear what these grandmothers have to say. Special live appearance by Grandma Agnes Baker-Pilgrim, feature length film plus musical appearances by: Gentle Thunder (Native Flute), Whistling Elk (Native Drum), Windsong and Kat Del Rio (Vocals).
Native Harvest Gathering
You are invited to our annual Native Harvest Gathering Saturday, October 23, starting at 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the SOU Student Family Housing Community Room, 1361 Quincy Street in Ashland. Our Feast will be served at 4 p.m.. Please see the calendar above for more details.
Acorn Festival
You are invited to the 3rd Annual Acorn Festival. This indoor/outdoor FREE event includes:
Hands-on Workshops on acorns and their processing.
Yurok acorn cooking basket demonstration with Lena Hurd.
Traditional tools and fishing gear teachings with Tom Smith.
Oak gall medicinal use with Deb Lukus of Spiral Living.
Stickball gaming (shinny games) with Red Earth Descendants.
5 p.m. potluck includes traditional dishes as well as innovative new recipes made with acorns. Bring a side dish in you can. All are welcome. Rain or shine!
Native American Host Drum: Whistling Elk
Community Garden Work Party!
Be in touch with us through our gmail to get directions and other logistics--where to meet to load compost, etc.. We are sheet mulching the garden, watering, prepping for a fall/winter garden as our corn, beans and squash approach their harvest.
Bear Creek Festival
Stickball games (Shinny) will be demonstrated and played as part of the Bear Creek Festival, along with other activities happening all day at North Mountain Park. There will be two demonstrations/games of shinny at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.. If you're curious about the game and would like to see it played, come to the fields at North Mountain Park this Saturday, October 2!
Monthly Social
Please join us for our monthly R.E.D. Social! It is potluck, as always, if you are able to bring a dish to share. Everyone is welcomed. We'll talk about the upcoming Native Harvest Gathering (October 23) and other R.E.D. biz.
Traditional Nimi'ipuu (Nez Pierce) Long House
Roy Hayes Jr/ Loo'ting coom coom seen is a member of the Nimi'ipuu People (Nez Pierce) out of Lapwai,Idaho .Having grown up with the Wasit (7 Drum ) Tradition of the LongHouse, he is the one of the Keepers of this NorthWest Coast prayer ceremony. He is the great great grandson of the well known Leader/Teacher Chief Joseph, spending much of his childhood with his Grandparents as a fisherman earning him the name the “Blue Heron/the Fisherman” (Loo'ting coom coom seen).