Join us July 12th for a revival of Madeline Island, a vision of good will for all nations and people to come celebrate with a colorful offering of regional art, music, and camaraderie.

Community potluck feast at 4pm and music at 5pm with Frank Montano, Los Indios, Ivan Curry and others.

2:00 - 3:00 PM - Ojibwe Author - Patty Loew

3:00 - 3:15 PM - The Nature Conservancy announcement

3:15 - 4:15 PM - Island Panel - Amorin Mello, Mike Wiggins, Paul DeMain, moderated by Martin Curry

4:15 - 4:30 PM - Manitou Makoons Gitigaan - Dr. PennElys Droz - Indigenous Agriculture and Community Food

4:30 - 6:00 PM - Community Potluck Feast

5:00 - 5:20 PM - Great Lakes Lifeways - Kevin Finney / Kaesha Baloch

5:30 - 7:00 PM - Indigenous Music for the Water - Los Indios / Frank Montano / Ivan Curry and other

For over 10,000 years Madeline Island was the place for Indigenous vendors traveling waterways of North America, from Niagara Falls in the East to the Columbia River in the West. Moningwaane’akaaning was a crossroads of historic empires and civilizations.

Once the Council Grounds capital of the Ojibwe Nation, the island hosted fishing camps, ancient villages, games of chance, la crosse and snow snakes, agricultural and trade markets, an abundance of food and medicine from the woods, dugout/birchbark canoe construction, and seasonal events from treaty payouts and great festivals of song, dance and celebration.

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