2005 International Gathering of Grandmothers

Program Schedule



Friday, September 9, 2005
8:00 am Breakfast sponsored by Lummi Nation CMAD, prepared by Autumn Rose Canoe Club
9:00 am Opening Dorothy Charles (Nooksak) - Alice Solomon
9:30 am Calling of 2 Witnesses
9:45 am Shulmugh ceremony - Dorothy Charles and family
10:15 am Welcome and introductions of international grandmothers
11:00 am Saana Murray (Maori)
11:30 am Lummi youth speaks
11:45 am Table songs Coast Salish tribes
Noon  Lunch sponsored by the YESS department - prepared by Hillaire Family Girls
  Video Story telling
  Time for people to connect with each other
1:30 pm Angeline Locey (Hawaiian)
  Lummi youth speaks
  Royal Alley-Barnes (African American)
  Green Tara prayer from HE Dagmo Kusho Sakya
  Mary Wagner (Saanich)
  Pauline Hillaire (Lummi)
  Open microphone is begun with Mary Helen Cagey (Lummi)
  Tribal Council Representative
5:45 pm Table songs (Lummi grandmothers)
6:00 pm Dinner Kathy Monger (Tulalip) - Venison dinner
7:00 pm Witness statements
7:30 pm Closing (Tom Family)


Saturday, September 10, 2005
8:00 am Breakfast sponsored by Lummi Nation CMAD, prepared by Autumn Rose Canoe Club
9:00 am Crab Bay Singers plus Mary Helen Cagey (Lummi)
9:30 am Master of Ceremony calls 2 witnesses
10:00 am Cultural exchange
  Children Sing for Peace
  Aztec Dancers
11:45 am Table Songs
Noon  Lunch sponsored by Northwest Indian College and prepared by Autumn Rose Canoe Club
  Time for people to connect with each other
1:30 pm Cultural exchange
  Hawaiian Dancers
  Jack Cagy Dancers
  Duwamish dancers
  Anyone with poetry
4:45 pm Table Songs (Lummi Grandmothers)
5:00 pm Dinner Kathy Monger (Tualip) - Salmon Dinner
6:00 pm Potlatch
7:00 pm Witness Statements
7:30 pm Closing Mary Helen Cagey (Lummi)


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