8th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music and Cultures

8th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures, Saturday, August 7, Sunday. August 8, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Unity Park, Turner Falls, MA. Special Guests: Tom Porter, Mohawk Spiritual Leader http://www.mohawkcommunity.com/tomscorner.html and Annawon Weeden, http://www.firstlightfoundation.net/p/annawon-weeden-bio-page.html, actor, activist, dancer and artist with Mashpee Wampanoag, Narragansett and Pequot heritage.  Live music with Jennifer Kreisberg,  http://www.jenniferelizabethkreisberg.com/ who comes from four generations of Seven Singing Sisters through the maternal line. Black Hawk Singers. Traditional music by the Kingfisher Singers; Nulhegan-Abenaki singer/songwriter Bryan Blanchette, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLw0BjeOlUk, Justin Beatty. emcee. Superior Native American arts and crafts vendors, Eastern Woodlands skills demonstrations, children’s activities, Children can make corn husk dolls with Kerri Helme, https://southshorehomelifeandstyle.com/telling-the-native-story/; social dancing, history presentations, Native American food vendor. Free, welcoming, accessible, and fun for all ages and backgrounds.