Indigenous Peoples’ Day Festival 2024

Sunday October 13, 11:30am-5:30pm

Tsha’ Thoñ’nhes
(Onondaga Nation Fieldhouse)

3370 Route 11A (NOT Route 11)

12:00 pm  Ganoñhanyoñh

12:15 pm  Speaker: Removing and Replacing Columbus- Joe Heath, Onondaga Nation General Counsel

12:30 pm  Speaker: Freida Jacques, Turtle Clan Mother, Onondaga Nation

      Children’s Activities Begin (continuing until 4 pm)

12:45 pm  Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers

(Sherri Waterman-Hopper)

1:15 pm  Featured Artist: Karenlyne Hill, Onondaga beadworker (S. corner inside FRONT ENTRANCE)

1:45 pm  Syracuse Community Choir

2:00 pm  Featured Artist: Ronni-Leigh Goeman, Onondaga basket maker (N. corner inside FRONT ENTRANCE)

2:30 pm  Featured Artist: Karenlyne Hill, Onondaga beadworker (S. corner inside FRONT ENTRANCE)

3:00 pm  Poetry of Wendy Gonyea, Beaver Clan Mother, Onondaga Nation

3:10 pm  Onondaga Women’s Singing Society

3:30 pm  Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers (Sherri Waterman-Hopper)

4:00 pm  Featured Artist: Ronni-Leigh Goeman, Onondaga basket maker (N. corner inside FRONT ENTRANCE)

  Children’s Activities End

4:30 pm  Refocus Short Films Screening with 1st public showing of Three Fires, Three Chefs (Ansley Jemison)

5:15 pm  Ganoñhanyoñh

FREE AND ALL INDOORS- quiet sensory/chill and nursing/changing rooms, facepainting, cornhusk flower-making activity, freebies, Original Peoples Podcast, and 24+ Haudenosaunee artisan crafters and artists!

Join Onondaga community members, Tsha’ Thoñ’nhes management and staff, We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage in CNY and Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation / Syracuse Peace Council for this year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day Festival on unceded Onondaga Nation land.

Meals and sides: poutine, cheeseburgers, chicken patty sandwiches, Hoffmann hotdogs, fries, birria taco dinners, chili, corn soup, hot scoons, scoon dogs, beef sundaes on fry bread, indian tacos, BBQ chicken dinners, roasted corn-on-the-cob, tamales (including vegetarian options), walking tacos

Desserts: strawberry shortcake, chocolate chip cookies, other baked goods

Cold and hot drinks: strawberry drink, sassafras tea, soda, lemonade, orange-ade, henda-ade, strawberry lemonade, atole de elote, champurrado, cider, water

Crafts including beadwork, art prints, pottery, home decorations, clothing, gifts, toys, ornaments, hand-carved/burned wood items, corn husk dolls, baskets, jewelry and much more will be available to purchase from more than 20 Haudenosaunee artists and crafters.

Invite others and follow for updates on our Facebook event page.