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Thank you to everyone who came to the Waterfall Community Celebration! It was a magical celebration of friends, family, and supporters – full of joy, music, ceremony, healing and making new relations.  Thank you to all the volunteers, artists, elders, historians and vendors who came together to create such a beautiful, authentic gathering of good souls. We will be posting videos and photos soon and there are plans for another gathering to celebrate the harvest and continue to build bridges of trust and friendship.  Thank you for giving so much positive energy and momentum to this project.  A waterfall of blessings on each and every person who contributed in ways large and small, and also to those who sent their prayers and well wishes from afar.  Niawen, from the bottom of our hearts! 

WATERFALL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

1160 BEAR LADDER ROAD • WEST FULTON, NY • 12194

  AUG 12-14, 2022  

The Waterfall Community Celebration was a festival and fundraiser to buy a 60 acre Strawberry Farm in the Schoharie Valley as part of a community supported land-back effort for the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) people. We still need to raise $185K by Nov. 15 to purchase the farm, which will be the hub of a new community based on traditional life ways.

On the ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS

of the KANIEN’KEHÁ:KA PEOPLE

Community Supported Landback Effort

Seed Saving Project ~ Cannery

Strawberry, Blueberry, Raspberry & Lavender Farm

 Language Camp ~ Authentic Cultural Learning

Haudenosaunee Teaching & Stories - Haudenosaunee Crafts & Products -  Haudenosaunee Social Dancing  Community Kitchen & Potluck - Crystal Healing Workshops

Corn Husk Doll Making - Waterfalls & River Swimming - Wild Mustang Encounters - Campfires

and much more…

PERFORMERS | TEACHERS | ARTISTS

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

THIS IS A DRUG & ALCOHOL FREE EVENT

FRI AUG 12 - SUN AUG 14

1160 Bear Ladder Road • West Fulton, NY • 12194

Camping Available (no RVs)

FRIDAY - AUG 12
12pm - community afternoon, set-up, swimming, help out;

6pm pot luck meal, singing and sharing, campfires

SATURDAY - AUGUST 13

6am - Sunrise Prayer

10am - workshops, crafts, songs, dances, teachings, swimming, mustang encounter, visit berry farm, community meals;

6pm - concert

SUNDAY - AUGUST 14

6am - Sunrise Prayer

10am - Mustang encounters, workshops, crafts, teachings, visit berry farm, community lunch, closing songs and thanksgiving

6pm - break down

SPONSORS + SUPPORT

Nia:wen to those who have generously offered food, land, goods and services for this event and for community supported land back efforts.

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MUSTANG VALLEY SANCTUARY

Thank you to Mary at Mustang Valley Sanctuary for allowing us to use her land for those camping for the event. Click the image above to visit her site to learn more about the important work she is doing to ensure sanctuary and refuge for endangered wild mustangs.

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