The Times of the Purification Gathering 2016 Schedule of Events

*This schedule subject to change!

Speaker
Performance
Ceremony

  Thursday — May 5

9:30am Gates Open
10:00am — 10:25am Opening Prayer Ceremony with TaliasVan, ManaLucian, MagiCa, and John Mahkewa
10:30am — 10:55am Clara Natonabah — Navajo Diné - Music
11:00am — 11:30am Patricio Dominguez — Piro Manso Tiwa
11:35am — 12:00pm John Mahkewa — Hopi
12:00pm — 12:40pm Drumming (all welcome to join)
12:00pm Purification Lodge Led by Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree
12:45pm — 1:30pm Governor Jose Martin Garcia Lewis (Tohono O'odham tribe) & Elder Maria Angelita Garcia (Purépecha tribe)
1:35pm — 2:05pm Grupo Sarmiento Yaqui Tribe Dance - Dance Ceremony
2:10pm — 2:15pm Adrian Lobo Miramontes — Mexica/Chicano - Dance
2:20pm — 2:50pm TaliasVan's Bright & Morning Star Choir - Music
3:00pm — 3:45pm Wendsler Nosie — Apache
3:50pm — 4:15pm Clara Natonabah — Navajo Diné
4:20pm — 4:25pm Adrian Lobo Miramontes — Mexica/Chicano - Dance
4:30pm — 5:30pm Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree - PowerPoint,
"Cree Mythology Written in the Stars"
7:00pm Purification Lodge Led by Wendsler Nosie — Apache
8:00pm — 9:00pm Stargazing with Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree

  Friday — May 6

9:30am Gates Open
10:00am — 10:30am Opening Prayer Ceremony with TaliasVan, ManaLucian, MagiCa, and Wendsler Nosie
10:30am — 11:15am John Mahkewa — Hopi
11:15am — 11:20am Patricio Dominguez on flute - Music
11:20am — 12:00pm Wendsler Nosie — Apache
12:00pm — 12:50pm Clara Natonabah — Navajo Diné - Music
12:15pm Purification Lodge Led by Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree
1:00pm — 1:30pm MC Artson — Chicano/Tarahumara - Music
1:35pm — 2:15pm Niánn Emerson Chase (raised on the San Carlos Apache Reservation)
2:20pm — 2:30pm Cody Blackbird — Cherokee - on flute
2:30pm — 3:00pm Patricio Dominguez — Piro Manso Tiwa
3:00pm — 4:00pm Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree - PowerPoint,
"Cree Mythology Written in the Stars"
4:00pm — 5:30pm Medicine Wheel Ceremony Led by Tarenta & Blue Evening Star
4:05pm — 4:50pm Governor Jose Martin Garcia Lewis (Tohono O'odham tribe) & Elder Maria Angelita Garcia (Purépecha tribe)
4:55pm — 5:15pm Grupo Sarmiento Yaqui Tribe Dance - Dance Ceremony
5:15pm — 5:25pm Adrian Lobo Miramontes — Mexica/Chicano - Dance
5:30pm — 5:50pm Diamond Creek Crown Dancers — Apache - Dance Ceremony
6:00pm — 6:50pm Quese IMC — Pawnee/Seminole - Music
7:00pm — 8:00pm Talibah Begay — Navajo Diné - Music
8:15pm — 9:15pm Stargazing with Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree

  Saturday — May 7

9:30am Gates Open
10:00am — 10:45am Opening Prayer Ceremony with TaliasVan, ManaLucian, MagiCa, and José Martin Garcia Lewis
10:45am — 11:00am Talibah Begay — Navajo Diné
11:00am Purification Lodge Led by Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree
11:05am — 11:45am Governor Jose Martin Garcia Lewis (Tohono O'odham tribe) & Elder Maria Angelita Garcia (Purépecha tribe)
11:45am — 12:00pm Grupo Sarmiento Yaqui Tribe Dance - Dance Ceremony
12:05pm — 12:30pm Talibah Begay — Navajo Diné
12:35pm — 12:55pm Diamond Creek Crown Dancers — Apache
1:00pm — 1:30pm John Mahkewa — Hopi
2:00pm — 3:20pm TaliasVan & The Bright & Morning Star Band (with the Bright & Morning Star Choir)
3:30pm — 4:05pm Dennis Banks — Anishinabe/Ojibwa
4:15pm — 4:55pm Clara Natonabah — Navajo Diné -Music
4:15pm — 5:15pm Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree - PowerPoint,
"Cree Mythology Written in the Stars"
5:00pm — 5:30pm Patricio Dominguez — Piro Manso Tiwa
5:30pm — 6:00pm Todi Neesh Zhee Singers - Navajo Diné - Music, Dance, Storytelling
6:05pm — 6:30pm Maryellen Baker — Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe
6:35pm — 6:50pm Sam & Gabriel Anderson - Navajo Diné - Traditional Drum & Dance
7:00pm — 8:00pm Cody Blackbird Band — Cherokee - Music
8:00pm — 9:00pm Stargazing with Wilfred Buck — Opaskwayak Cree
8:15pm — 8:45pm Quese IMC — Pawnee/Seminole - Music
8:50pm — 9:15pm MC Artson — Chicano/Tarahumara - Music

  Sunday — May 8

9:30am Gates Open
10:00am — 10:30am Opening Prayer Ceremony with TaliasVan, ManaLucian, MagiCa, and Dennis Banks
10:30am — 10:45am Patricio Dominguez on flute - Music
10:50am — 11:05am Sam & Gabriel Anderson - Navajo Diné - Traditional Drum & Dance
11:10am — 12:00pm Dennis Banks — Anishinabe/Ojibwa
12:05pm — 12:30pm ManaLucian (Morongo) & MagiCa (Yaqui)
12:35pm — 1:00pm Grupo Sarmiento Yaqui Tribe Dance - Dance Ceremony
1:05pm — 1:50pm Governor Jose Martin Garcia Lewis (Tohono O'odham tribe) & Elder Maria Angelita Garcia (Purépecha tribe)
1:55pm — 2:30pm Clara Natonabah — Navajo Diné - Music
2:35pm — 3:15pm John Mahkewa — Hopi
3:20pm — 3:55pm Patricio Dominguez — Piro Manso Tiwa
4:00pm Closing Prayer Ceremony